United States-1940: Loaded Pack Animals Passing People in a Conifer Clearing

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Year1940
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1940 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

mountain travel
animal transport
outdoor recreation
packing supplies
forest outing
human and animal activity

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Ground-level side view
Setting: outdoor · Rocky forest clearing with mature conifers and sparse ground vegetation
Time and weather: daytime · undetermined · Dry conditions with no visible precipitation
Lighting: Natural daylight with strong highlights and deep shade beneath trees
People: 2 · Two apparently adult people stand beside the animals; one wears light high-waisted trousers and a muted long-sleeved top, and the other wears a red hat, plaid shirt and dark trousers.
Animals: loaded pack mules
Objects: wooden boxes · round metal basin · rolled bedding · cloth bundles · pack saddles · ropes · bags · white handled container · fallen branches · rocks
Colors: dark brown · gray · forest green · tan · cream · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A dark pack animal carries bundled bedding past two people.
A brown animal brings wooden boxes and a round metal basin into the foreground.
A gray pack animal passes with a wooden box strapped over its back.
The departing animal reveals the plaid-shirted person holding a white container.

Loaded Pack Animals Passing People in a Conifer Clearing — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1940 home movie footage shows loaded pack animals passing people in a rocky conifer clearing. A dark animal carries bulky bedding and bags, followed by others bearing wooden boxes and a round metal basin. Two people stand beside the moving group, one holding a white container. The continuous ground-level view keeps the animals and their strapped loads prominent against the trees.

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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004470

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1940 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: 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: This circa 1940 scene supports documentary and museum requests for American mountain outings, pack transport and visible outdoor equipment.
Period detail: High-waisted trousers, plaid clothing, bundled bedding and wooden pack boxes may show mountain outing equipment and dress of circa 1940.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches the passing animals at close range while nearby people attend to the outing without an obvious staged pose.
What appears in frame: The view includes loaded mules, wooden boxes, bundled bedding, a metal basin, ropes, two people and mature conifers.
Film character: Soft detail, grain, saturated color and shifting highlights reflect the projected small-gauge film capture.
Edit role: Use the continuous passage as an equipment insert or a transition from horseback preparations to mountain travel.
Historical context: The visible loads show bedding and practical containers being transported by animals through a forest setting.
Research note: People and personal equipment are visible; copyright licensing is separate from any applicable likeness or property permissions, and no releases are established here.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for circa 1940 color home movies of loaded pack mules, wooden supply boxes and American mountain outings.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's grazing horses, mounting scene, posing rider and deer, then with circa 1940 United States mountain outings and pack transport.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the United States, circa 1940, a dark pack mule carries bulky bedding and bags beside two people among conifers. — Bulky bedding and bags are secured over a dark pack animal as it passes the people.
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A brown pack mule carries wooden boxes and a round metal basin through a United States forest clearing, circa 1940. — Wooden boxes and a metal basin form part of the brown animal's strapped load.
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Loaded gray and brown pack mules pass close together in a rocky United States conifer clearing, circa 1940. — Passing animals bring their wooden boxes, straps and metal basin into close view.
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In the United States, circa 1940, a gray pack mule passes a plaid-shirted person holding a white container beneath conifers. — The departing gray animal reveals a person in plaid with a white handled container.
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