Wyoming-1939: Geyser Shoots Water And Spray High Into The 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 And Spray High Into The Air On Sunny Day — Clip Details

WYOMING-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a powerful geyser erupting high into the air on a sunny day. A spectator with white hair, seen from behind in a dark suit, watches the natural phenomenon. The footage shows the geyser's plume rising against a bright sky, with water and spray dispersing into the air. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and slight color fading, characteristic of 1939 amateur recordings. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of a natural wonder observed in the American West.

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: 127608846

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Wyoming or American West documentary edits needing archival home-movie coverage of a geyser eruption and visitor observation.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1930s travel filming, with a suited spectator seen from behind and a pale geyser plume recorded on 8mm film.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, watching a natural attraction from a fixed, slightly distant position rather than staging the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall geyser plume, drifting spray, bright sky, dark frame edges, film scratches, and a single spectator in the opening frame.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, pale color, visible grain, vertical scratches, and exposure bloom around the white steam and water spray.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for travel, geology, national-park tourism, or natural-force sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a home-movie encounter with a Wyoming geyser, emphasizing public sightseeing and the visual scale of water and steam against open sky.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, private property, or music are indicated, but copyright and location permissions remain separate checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Wyoming geyser footage, vintage home movie geyser eruption, tourist watching geyser, and 1930s American West nature film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Wyoming 1939 travel footage, then broader geyser, park tourism, geology, and natural-pressure imagery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a geyser plume rising in bright sky while a white-haired spectator stands at lower left. — A spectator watches the geyser plume rise into the bright sky.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame with a tall geyser plume and misty spray filling the right side of a bright sky. — The geyser plume stands tall, softened by spray and film exposure.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a soft white column of geyser spray against a pale sky with visible film wear. — A pale column of spray rises through the scratched 8mm frame.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame with geyser spray drifting upward, dark film edge at left, and blurred foliage at lower right. — Spray drifts upward near the frame edge as the shot nears its end.

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