Wyoming-1939: Black Bear on Forest Path

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

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Black Bear on Forest Path — Clip Details

WYOMING-1939: A young black bear strolls along a dirt path in a sun-dappled forest clearing, its dark fur contrasting with the vibrant green grass. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the bear moving calmly through the natural landscape, with tall pine trees framing the scene. The image quality shows characteristic grain and color shifts of vintage home movie footage, offering a nostalgic glimpse into wildlife in the American West during the late 1930s.

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: 127608895

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: 1939 Wyoming wildlife home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts, nature history sequences, or archive-led scenes about visitor encounters in the American West.
Period detail: The 8mm frame texture, handheld view, and metadata date place the clip in 1939, while the wooded setting and simple outdoor overlook may show a visitor-filmed wildlife stop.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries an unstaged visitor perspective, watching a black bear move near a dirt clearing and wooded ravine rather than presenting a controlled wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bear, dirt path, green grass, wooded clearing, pine trees, stream or waterfall glimpses, and a wooden railing or lookout edge.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color shift, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition from Western landscape material into animal encounter footage.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a late-1930s home-movie encounter with a bear near a forested outdoor area in Wyoming without proving a specific park, landmark, or managed site.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or wildlife-use context before publication.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Wyoming black bear footage, 8mm home movie wildlife, vintage bear in forest clearing, and American West animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then with 1939 Wyoming outdoor footage, and then with vintage wildlife, forest, or American West travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a wooded ravine, bright rushing water, dark trees, and a pale wooden railing at the left edge. — A handheld view looks past a wooden railing toward water moving through a forested ravine.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame with distant white water cutting through a wooded ravine lined by tall trees and dark branches. — White water appears in the distance through dense trees and shadowed ravine walls.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a black bear moving along a dirt path at the edge of a grassy forest clearing. — A black bear moves through the lower edge of a dirt clearing beside bright grass.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a black bear paused or turning on a dirt path near green grass in a wooded outdoor area. — The bear pauses or turns on the dirt path, framed by grass and soft home-movie exposure.

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