Wyoming-1939: Black Bear Walking Toward Car on Forest Road

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

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Black Bear Walking Toward Car on Forest Road — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a large black bear walking along a dirt road in Wyoming. The bear moves toward an old classic car, its dark fur contrasting with the dappled sunlight filtering through the surrounding pine forest. The footage, shot from inside the vehicle, shows the bear approaching the roadside with calm curiosity. The grainy, slightly faded color and natural film distortion evoke a strong sense of mid-century Americana and wilderness exploration. This archival clip offers a rare, unscripted encounter between wildlife and early 20th-century travelers.

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: 127608945

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 documentary or editorial requests for Wyoming road travel, wildlife encounters, and visitor-shot wilderness footage on 8mm film.
Period detail: The rounded grille and fenders of the roadside automobile may show late-1930s car styling, consistent with the 1939 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged value of travelers filming a black bear from inside or near a stopped car during a roadside encounter.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bear, dirt road, pine forest, leaf litter, tire ruts, a classic car front, soft daylight, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, slight color fading, soft focus, handheld framing, and exposure shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, road-trip cutaway, wilderness memory beat, or transition within a travel or Americana sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a visitor perspective on roadside wildlife and automobile travel in a forested Wyoming setting without showing people.
Research note: No people are visible, but the car and setting should still be reviewed for copyright status, property context, and any readable plate details.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 Wyoming black bear footage, 8mm roadside wildlife, vintage car and bear, and 1930s home movie wilderness.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then with other 1939 Wyoming travel scenes, then with vintage wildlife, road-trip, and forest home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black bear walking toward the camera on a Wyoming dirt road, with pine trees and 8mm film borders visible. — A black bear walks along a rutted forest road toward the camera.

Black bear pauses or turns near a forest road in Wyoming, with the front edge of a classic car visible nearby. — The bear stands near the roadside as a car enters the edge of the frame.

Black bear moves along a muddy Wyoming road beside the front of a late-1930s style car in forest light. — A bear walks past tire ruts near the front of a stopped car.

Black bear walks down a forest road in Wyoming while a classic car faces the camera from the roadside. — The bear continues along the road with the car front visible behind it.

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