Wyoming-1939: Black Bear Cub Foraging in Forest Clearing

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

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Black Bear Cub Foraging in Forest Clearing — Clip Details

A young black bear cub forages in a sun-dappled forest clearing, sniffing at low-lying plants and shrubs. Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures the cub from behind as it moves through the undergrowth, surrounded by tall evergreen trees and dappled sunlight. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural film imperfections, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife in the American West. The bear’s dark fur contrasts with the green foliage, creating a nostalgic, archival feel.

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: 127608909

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: Supports 1930s wildlife or American West archive requests needing brief 8mm home-movie footage of a black bear cub foraging in a wooded clearing.
Period detail: The scene shows period 8mm color home-movie texture from metadata-dated 1939, with no visible buildings, clothing, vehicles, or landmarks to further confirm era.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged observer quality, with the camera holding on a bear cub from a distance as it sniffs low plants in the clearing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark bear cub, low brush, pale ground, evergreen trees, fallen limbs, dappled light, and the contact-print frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries soft 8mm grain, mild blur, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical-film character of the wildlife moment.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short wildlife insert, nature cutaway, memory beat, or transition within a sequence about Wyoming, forests, or archival travel footage.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for amateur wildlife observation in a wooded American West setting, without identifiable people or built environment in view.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and wildlife-use context for the intended production.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 Wyoming 8mm bear cub footage, vintage black bear foraging, home movie wildlife clearing, and American West forest animals.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other Wyoming 1939 material, then with related vintage wildlife, forest, and American West home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame of a black bear cub facing away while foraging near brush in a forest clearing. — A black bear cub stands in a small forest clearing, partly surrounded by low vegetation.

The bear cub remains in the Wyoming forest clearing, facing away amid shrubs, trees, and mottled light. — The cub pauses with its back to the camera, framed by brush and evergreen trees.

A 1939 Wyoming home-movie frame shows the cub bending toward low vegetation in a sun-dappled clearing. — The cub lowers its head toward plants at the edge of the clearing.

The cub appears in partial side view in the Wyoming forest clearing, close to shrubs and fallen branches. — The bear cub turns slightly sideways while moving through the low brush.

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