Wyoming-1939: Geyser Erupting in Dramatic Burst

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

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Geyser Erupting in Dramatic Burst — Clip Details

WYOMING-1939: This vintage 8mm home movie captures a geyser erupting in a dramatic burst of steam and water. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows the geyser's powerful gush against a backdrop of trees and a cloudy sky, with visible film grain and slight color fading typical of the era. The scene conveys the raw power of nature in a nostalgic, archival style.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127608857

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 Wyoming travel, national-park nature, and vintage home-movie sequences needing a brief geyser eruption insert.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1930s 8mm color home-movie handling, with soft focus, slight fading, and visible frame edges rather than modern stabilization.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the eruption from a visitor-like vantage point, emphasizing the spectacle of steam and water rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a geyser plume, drifting steam, rough ground, dark tree shapes, cloudy sky, frame borders, and film wear.
Film character: The scan has pronounced grain, muted color, gate shadows, light flicker, and soft exposure shifts that read as physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature cutaway, travel-memory beat, transition into geothermal landscape, or brief archival insert.
Historical context: The scene reflects early recreational filming of dramatic natural features in Wyoming, without identifying a specific geyser or park landmark from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright status and location identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Wyoming 8mm geyser footage, vintage home movie geothermal eruption, and 1930s travel film of steam and water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Wyoming travel footage, then vintage geyser or geothermal nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a geyser erupting in a pale plume of steam and water near dark trees. — A geyser plume rises in a soft, grainy 8mm home-movie frame.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame with a bright geyser eruption against cloudy sky and dark surrounding tree shapes. — The eruption expands upward, partly obscuring the background trees.

Faded 1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a geyser plume spreading into a dense steam cloud over rough terrain. — Steam billows across the frame as the geyser continues erupting.

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame with drifting geyser steam, dark tree forms, and visible 8mm film texture. — The plume softens into drifting steam near the end of the clip.

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