Wyoming-1939: Black Bear Foraging in Forest, Man Fishing in Blue Lake

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

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Black Bear Foraging in Forest, Man Fishing in Blue Lake — Clip Details

WYOMING-1939: A black bear forages in a forest clearing, its dark fur contrasting with the green undergrowth and dappled sunlight. The scene shifts to a man standing in the blue water of a lake, wearing a light-colored shirt and dark pants, casting a fishing line. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural movement and the characteristic grain and color saturation of vintage home movies from 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: 127608915

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: 1930s Wyoming home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational requests for wildlife encounters and recreational fishing in a natural lake setting.
Period detail: The light clothing, simple fishing posture, and 8mm color home-movie texture may show late-1930s outdoor recreation without visible modern infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged vacation-record quality, shifting from a bear observed at a distance to a lone adult wading and fishing in a lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bear near forest undergrowth, blue lake water, a wading fisherman, shoreline grasses, trees, handheld framing, and film gate edges.
Film character: The footage shows saturated blue water, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief nature insert, travel-memory beat, or transition between wildlife observation and human recreation outdoors.
Historical context: The visible material places people and wildlife in the same outdoor leisure environment, suggesting a home-movie record of travel or recreation in Wyoming.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and wildlife-use questions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s Wyoming 8mm bear footage, vintage home movie lake fishing, black bear forest clearing, and man wading with fishing line.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel outdoor scenes, then other 1939 Wyoming material, then broader bear, lake, fishing, and western travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Wyoming 1939 home-movie footage, a black bear appears in a wooded clearing beside grass and low vegetation. — A black bear moves through a shaded forest clearing.

A distant adult man stands in a blue Wyoming lake, wearing a light shirt and dark pants while facing the water. — A man wades in the lake near the shoreline.

The 1939 Wyoming footage shows a distant man standing knee-deep in rippled lake water, viewed from shore. — The fisherman stands in shallow blue water.

A man wades near the lake shore in Wyoming, extending one arm as though casting or handling a fishing line. — The wading man appears to cast or manage a fishing line.

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