Wyoming-1939: A Lone Bear Feeds Along a Forest Path

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Wyoming

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A Lone Bear Feeds Along a Forest Path — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a black bear foraging along a forest path in Wyoming. A person in dark clothing stands in the background as the bear moves through the dappled sunlight, its thick fur and distinctive snout clearly visible. The footage shows the bear sniffing and feeding from the ground, surrounded by tall trees and fallen leaves. The natural, unscripted moment offers a rare glimpse of wildlife in its habitat, with the characteristic grain and color palette of early 20th-century home movies. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, nature films, and nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127608961

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1939 Wyoming 8mm wildlife footage suited to documentary inserts needing a brief black bear foraging moment with a visible human observer in the background.
Period detail: The frames show early color home-movie texture and period outdoor clothing, while the forest path and bear behavior carry few date-specific visual markers beyond the supplied 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot quality, with the camera observing a bear from a cautious distance as a person stands back on the wooded path.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bear, forest path, tall trees, leaf litter, exposed roots, dappled sunlight, a small stump or mound, and one person in dark clothing.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, heavy grain, uneven exposure, color shift, and handheld framing that give the wildlife moment its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transitional beat for 1930s Wyoming nature and vacation material.
Historical context: The footage reflects a home-movie encounter with wildlife on a forest road or path, with a person visibly present and the bear moving and feeding nearby.
Research note: Human likeness review is advised because a person is visible, and copyright, location, and wildlife-use permissions should be assessed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Wyoming black bear 8mm footage, vintage home movie bear feeding, forest path wildlife clip, and 1930s travel film animal encounter.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Wyoming footage, then vintage wildlife, forest-road, bear, and national-park-adjacent travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a black bear on a forest path with a person in dark clothing standing at a distance behind it. — A black bear faces the camera on a wooded path while a person stands back among the trees.

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame of a black bear lowering its head to feed or sniff beside a dirt path in the woods. — The bear lowers its head toward the ground beside the forest path.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a black bear moving along a rutted wooded path bordered by leaves and tree trunks. — A black bear moves along the rutted path through the forest.

Close 1939 Wyoming 8mm frame of a black bear feeding or sniffing near the ground beside a leafy forest path. — The bear appears closer to the camera as it feeds or sniffs near the ground.

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