Wyoming-1951: View Of Rushing River Through Brown Mountains And Green Trees On A Sunny Day

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

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View Of Rushing River Through Brown Mountains And Green... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1951, this vintage home movie captures a rushing river carving through a rugged canyon in Wyoming. The water flows swiftly over rocks, creating white rapids against the deep green of the surrounding pine forest. Steep, light-brown mountain cliffs rise on either side, their slopes dotted with evergreen trees. The footage has a classic Super 8 aesthetic with natural color saturation and subtle film grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse of the American West. The camera remains steady, focusing on the river's powerful movement through the scenic landscape.

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: 127666325

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$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 nature footage for documentary or educational sequences needing an archival view of a rushing river in a wooded canyon.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century vacation filming, with color 8mm stock, a steady scenic viewpoint, and no visible modern structures or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries the unstaged value of a traveler pausing on a canyon overlook to record moving water and forested rock slopes.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white river rapids, steep pale-brown canyon walls, dark evergreen trees, shaded foreground branches, and sunlit rocky slopes.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight frame-edge darkness give the short shot a recognizable home-movie film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a scenic cutaway, transition, or memory beat for travel, western landscape, river, or outdoor recreation sequences.
Historical context: The view reflects a mid-century home-movie interest in scenic western landscapes without showing people, buildings, roads, or identifiable public landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and confirm location claims for their production context.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1951 Wyoming 8mm river canyon, vintage home movie rapids, 1950s western landscape, and pine forest canyon footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1951 Wyoming travel footage, and then broader vintage river, canyon, and mountain landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame showing whitewater moving through a narrow rocky canyon with evergreen trees on the slopes. — A river rushes between pale canyon rock and dark green trees.

1951 Wyoming 8mm view of a fast river winding below pale canyon walls and dark conifers in bright daylight. — Whitewater winds through a wooded canyon below pale rock walls.

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame looking through shaded trees toward a pale sunlit canyon cliff and wooded mountain slope. — A pale canyon cliff is seen through dark foreground trees.

1951 Wyoming 8mm view of a pale rocky cliff and forested canyon slope framed by dark evergreen branches. — Dark trees frame a sunlit rock formation and wooded canyon slope.

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