Wyoming-1939: Geyser Shoots Water Stream And Spray High Into Air On Sunny Day

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Wyoming

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Geyser Shoots Water Stream And Spray High Into Air On... — Clip Details

WYOMING-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a geyser erupting with a powerful stream of water and spray shooting high into the air on a bright, sunny day. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows the natural phenomenon against a clear sky, with the geyser's plume rising dramatically. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—grain, slight color fading, and subtle scratches—adding to its authentic archival quality. This rare glimpse of a natural wonder from the late 1930s offers a nostalgic and historic view of Wyoming's geothermal activity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127608836

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Wyoming, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Wyoming home-movie footage for productions needing a brief archival view of a geyser eruption or geothermal landscape cutaway.
Period detail: The frames show an 8mm-era view of a geyser plume against open sky, with the 1939 Wyoming date supported by clip metadata rather than visible signage.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a visitor-shot position, emphasizing the changing height and drift of water vapor rather than a staged presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale sky, white steam, darker spray, vertical film scratches, frame-edge borders, and exposure variation across the 8mm scan.
Film character: The clip carries a physical 8mm texture with soft focus, grain, dust marks, slight color fading, and visible frame boundaries from the contact-sheet scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short natural-wonder insert, travel-memory beat, geothermal cutaway, or transition into Wyoming landscape material.
Historical context: The footage reflects a visitor's archival view of geothermal activity in Wyoming, without visible people, signage, buildings, or identifiable facilities in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific use restrictions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Wyoming 8mm geyser eruption, vintage home movie geothermal spray, and archival footage of geyser steam plume.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1939 Wyoming material, then broader vintage geyser, geothermal, national-park, or natural-forces footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a pale sky and soft geyser vapor rising near the lower edge, with film scratches and dark frame borders. — Geyser vapor rises faintly into a bright sky at the start of the clip.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame with a bright geyser steam cloud swelling upward against the sky, marked by dust and vertical film wear. — A white geyser plume spreads upward against the open sky.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing low geyser vapor at the bottom edge beneath a pale, washed sky with visible film grain and scratches. — The plume appears lower and softer as vapor drifts across the frame.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing darker geyser spray and white vapor rising from the lower right, with frame borders and aged film texture. — A darker burst of spray appears near the lower right as steam continues to rise.

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