Wyoming-1951: Black Bear Crossing Road With Car In Background

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Year1951
Decade1950s
LocationWyoming, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Wyoming

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Black Bear Crossing Road With Car In Background — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1951, this vintage home movie captures a black bear crossing a winding forest road in Wyoming. The bear moves steadily across the asphalt, with a classic white car visible in the distance. Tall pine trees line the roadside under an overcast sky, creating a natural, untouched wilderness scene. The footage shows the characteristic grain and color palette of mid-century home movies, with soft greens and muted tones. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat during a bygone era.

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: 127665533

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: 1951 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: 1950s Wyoming 8mm wildlife footage for productions needing a brief road-crossing bear insert with a period car and forest setting.
Period detail: The distant rounded white car, narrow two-lane road, and muted 8mm color may show early-1950s travel through a forested Wyoming roadway.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged traveler viewpoint, watching a bear cross the road from a safe distance during a roadside encounter.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bear, winding paved road, distant white car, pine forest, grassy shoulder, overcast sky, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing give the footage a mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a concise wildlife cutaway, travel insert, transition from road footage, or memory beat about western park travel.
Historical context: The scene documents a roadside wildlife encounter in a forested Wyoming landscape without showing people, signage, landmarks, or identifiable property.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and location specificity should still be checked against the source reel.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1951 Wyoming bear road crossing, 8mm black bear footage, vintage car forest road, and 1950s wildlife home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1951 Wyoming travel footage, then broader 1950s roadside wildlife or forest-road clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a black bear on a curved road, with pine forest and a distant white car behind it. — A black bear moves across a paved forest road as a white car approaches in the distance.

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame with a black bear near the roadside, a white car on the curve, and tall trees lining the road. — The bear nears the road shoulder while the distant white car remains on the curved roadway.

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame showing the bear at the edge of the road, with a distant car, trees, and roadside grass visible. — The bear reaches the roadside as the car remains back on the bend.

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame with the bear partly off the road in roadside grass, framed by forest and a curving paved road. — The bear leaves the pavement and moves into the grassy shoulder beside the trees.

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