Wyoming-1939: Three Sea Lions Resting on Wooden Dock

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

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Three Sea Lions Resting on Wooden Dock — Clip Details

WYOMING-1939: Three wet sea lions rest on a wooden dock by the water, their sleek bodies glistening in the sun. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the animals lounging on the weathered planks, with a sign partially visible in the foreground. The deep blue water ripples behind them, and the footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of 1930s amateur film. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in a natural setting, perfect for historical documentaries, nature projects, or vintage-themed content.

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: 127609005

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: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage for requests needing a short wildlife cutaway of sea lions resting on a dock by blue water.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1939 visitor view, with simple wooden dock planks, a partial posted limit sign, and saturated amateur color consistent with late-1930s home movies.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the animals from a casual visitor distance, preserving an unstaged moment of wet sea lions shifting and resting in sunlight.
What appears in frame: Visible details include three dark wet sea lions, pale wooden dock boards, rippling blue water, vertical dock posts, a partial limit sign, and dark frame edges from the scan.
Film character: The 8mm image has visible grain, deep blue color saturation, slight softness, and intermittent exposure shifts that give the footage physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for wildlife, travel, waterside recreation, or vintage animal footage sequences.
Historical context: The scene places captive or dockside marine animals within a visitor-shot waterside setting, but the exact facility or purpose is not identifiable from the frames.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, though the dock setting and partial sign should be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Wyoming 8mm sea lions on dock, vintage home movie marine animals, wet sea lions by water, and 1930s wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Wyoming or 1939 home movies, then with vintage wildlife, zoo, dock, and waterside animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing wet sea lions on a pale wooden dock by blue water, with part of a posted limit sign at left. — Sea lions rest on sunlit dock boards beside rippling water, with a partial limit sign in the foreground.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing three wet sea lions gathered on a curved wooden dock beside rippling blue water. — Three sea lions cluster on the rounded dock edge with saturated blue water filling the background.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing sea lions moving or resting across pale dock planks near rippling blue water. — The animals shift positions on the sunlit planks while the water ripples behind the dock.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing sea lions near the dock edge, with blue water, planked boards, and dark posts visible. — Sea lions settle near the dock edge beside blue water and dark vertical dock posts.

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