Wyoming-1939: Rat Flees Dock As Woman Approaches, Man in Uniform on Road

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

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Rat Flees Dock As Woman Approaches, Man in Uniform on Road — Clip Details

WYOMING-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a small rodent, likely a rat, scurrying along a weathered wooden dock beside a boat marked '106'. The animal moves quickly, disappearing into the water as a woman in period attire approaches. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural sunlight, film grain, and the characteristic look of a 1930s home movie. The scene shifts to a man in a dark uniform standing on a road near a vintage car, possibly a park ranger or official, with a log in the foreground. This archival clip offers a candid glimpse of rural life and wildlife in the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127609015

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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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: Useful for 1930s Wyoming home-movie requests needing brief wildlife, dockside, rural travel, or roadside official cutaways for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The boat number, weathered wooden dock, period clothing, road scene, log barrier, and rounded vintage car may show late-1930s rural travel details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, catching a small animal darting near a dock before shifting to a person calmly standing along a road.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a numbered boat, wooden dock boards, a small rodent, water or shadowed shoreline, a woman on a path, a log barrier, a dark uniformed man, and a vintage car.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, strong sunlight, deep shadows, gate edges, grain, and slight exposure variation typical of amateur physical-film photography.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quick insert, transition, travel-memory beat, wildlife cutaway, or establishing fragment between rural Wyoming home-movie scenes.
Historical context: The footage suggests recreational or rural travel activity in Wyoming, with ordinary dockside and roadside moments preserved from a private 1939 home movie.
Research note: People and a numbered boat are visible, so likeness, uniform identification, and possible vessel markings should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Wyoming 8mm home movie, rat on dock, rural roadside uniformed man, vintage travel footage, and amateur wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other Wyoming 1939 travel footage, then related 1930s dock, wildlife, boat, or roadside official material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Wyoming 1939 home-movie frame showing a boat marked 106 beside worn dock boards in harsh sunlight and shadow. — A numbered boat sits alongside a weathered dock.

A small rodent, likely a rat, moves across a Wyoming dock near a boat in this 1939 8mm home-movie frame. — A small rodent crosses the dock near a boat.

A woman in dark period clothing stands near a roadside log barrier, with a vintage car visible in the background in Wyoming. — A woman stands near a roadside log barrier.

A man in a dark uniform or official-looking clothing stands on a Wyoming road near a log barrier and vintage car. — A uniformed man stands on the roadside near a log.

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