Wyoming-1939: Man Fishing in Blue Lake

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Man Fishing in Blue Lake — Clip Details

A man in a hat and light-colored shirt stands waist-deep in a vibrant blue lake, casting a fishing line with focused motion. Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment of outdoor recreation. The water ripples around him, and the shoreline is visible in the foreground. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic dark borders of an old home movie, evoking a nostalgic, timeless feel.

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: 127608925

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 for documentary or museum edits needing a quiet outdoor recreation moment with an adult fishing in a blue lake.
Period detail: The visible clues are limited to 8mm color home-movie texture, simple outdoor clothing, a brimmed hat, and lakeside recreation consistent with the supplied 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged, observational view of a lone adult standing in shallow water and working a fishing line from shore.
What appears in frame: The frames show a man in a hat, bright blue rippling water, a narrow shoreline, sparse lakeside plants, dark film borders, and contact-sheet frame divisions.
Film character: The clip carries dense 8mm grain, saturated blue color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and dark edge borders from the scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for outdoor leisure, fishing, Wyoming travel, or family-reel recreation sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually documents recreational fishing as a personal home-movie subject, with the broader setting limited to a lake scene in Wyoming per the supplied metadata.
Research note: An adult person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, private property, children, or audible music are indicated, and copyright status is separate.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1939 Wyoming fishing home movie, 8mm lake recreation, vintage man fishing, blue lake footage, and 1930s outdoor leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1939 Wyoming lake or travel footage, then broader 1930s fishing, outdoor recreation, and home-movie nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing an adult man in a hat standing in rippling blue lake water near the shore. — A lone man fishes while standing in the shallow edge of a vivid blue lake.

Adult man in a hat appears waist-deep in a Wyoming lake, seen from a 1939 8mm home-movie frame. — The fisherman stands still in the lake as the water ripples around him.

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame of a hat-wearing adult man fishing from shallow blue lake water. — A home-movie view holds on the fisherman near the lake shore.

Adult fisherman stands in vivid blue Wyoming lake water, with a fishing line visible in the 1939 8mm frame. — The fishing line is visible beside the man as he stands in the lake.

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