Wyoming-1939: Geyser Erupting Steam into Sky

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWyoming, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Wyoming

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Geyser Erupting Steam into Sky — Clip Details

WYOMING-1939: A powerful geyser erupts in a towering plume of steam and water, captured on vintage 8mm film. The eruption rises dramatically against a pale sky, with dark silhouettes of trees framing the scene. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and vertical scratches typical of home movie reels from the era. This archival clip captures a dynamic moment of geothermal activity in a remote natural setting, evoking the wonder of early 20th-century exploration and nature's raw power.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127608853

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: Useful for 1930s archival productions needing visitor-shot Wyoming geothermal scenery, natural spectacle, or national park landscape atmosphere.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie frame, muted color, and metadata-supported 1939 Wyoming setting place the scene in late-1930s amateur travel documentation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reads as an unstaged visitor view, holding on the geyser eruption as steam rises while trees and frame edges anchor the handheld vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bright steam plume, low geyser basin, pale sky, dark tree silhouettes, contact-print borders, grain, and vertical film scratches.
Film character: The footage carries dense grain, soft focus, faded cool color, visible frame weave, and vertical scratches consistent with aged 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, natural-history insert, travel-memory beat, or transition into geothermal landscape material.
Historical context: The scene shows a prewar home-movie encounter with a Wyoming geyser landscape, emphasizing tourism and observation rather than any identifiable event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and location-use context separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1939 Wyoming geyser footage, 1930s 8mm national park travel, vintage geothermal eruption, and home movie steam plume.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1939 Wyoming or park footage, then broader 1930s nature, travel, geyser, and geothermal landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a bright geyser steam plume rising above a low basin, with dark trees and film scratches visible. — A geyser eruption rises into a pale sky, framed by dark tree shapes and aged 8mm texture.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame with a tall white geyser plume against the sky, bordered by dark trees and contact-sheet film edges. — The geyser plume expands upward, with tree silhouettes and vertical film marks visible in the frame.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame where the geyser steam cloud fills the view, softened by exposure, grain, and vertical scratches. — A dense steam cloud fills the lower frame, with the eruption rendered through soft exposure and grain.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a broad geyser steam cloud over a low basin, with dark trees at the right edge and aged film texture. — The eruption spreads into a broad steam cloud over the basin, with trees visible along the edge.

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