Wyoming-1951: Small Animal Roaming Distant Grasslands

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

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Small Animal Roaming Distant Grasslands — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1951, this vintage home movie captures a vast, grassy Wyoming landscape viewed through a window frame. A lone utility pole stands in the foreground on the right, while a small, indistinct animal roams the distant plains under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight blurriness, and natural film imperfections, conveying a quiet, nostalgic sense of rural Americana. The camera remains stationary, offering a contemplative view of the open wilderness.

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: 127666918

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 home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet rural grassland view with distant wildlife or animal movement.
Period detail: The frame may show mid-century rural infrastructure through the 8mm window view, including an open plain and a simple utility pole.
Home-movie behavior: The stationary view through the window gives the clip an unstaged travel-observation quality, as if filmed from a vehicle or room while watching the open land.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a window frame, open grassy plains, a distant low horizon, an overcast sky, a utility pole, and a tiny indistinct animal far away.
Film character: Soft 8mm focus, muted color, gate edges, dust specks, and mild exposure variation give the footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a contemplative cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat for rural Wyoming, open range, or distant wildlife coverage.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for sparse rural landscapes and roadside or window-based observation in early-1950s home-movie travel footage.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but the distant animal is indistinct and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1951 Wyoming 8mm grassland, distant animal on plains, rural home movie window view, and vintage open range cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Wyoming 1951 footage, then broader 1950s rural landscape or wildlife-observation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame showing open grassland through a dark window frame, with a utility pole and a low distant horizon. — Open grassland viewed through a window frame, with a utility pole in the foreground.

1951 Wyoming home-movie still of a grassy plain seen through a window, with a utility pole and soft distant horizon. — A stationary window view frames the plains and a single utility pole.

1951 Wyoming 8mm still showing muted grassland through a dark window frame, with a pole and distant plain beyond. — Muted grassland and a utility pole appear beyond the window frame.

1951 Wyoming home-movie frame of open plains seen through a window, with a right-side utility pole and hazy horizon. — The final frame holds on the same quiet view across the open plain.

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