United States-1940: Deer Standing at the Edge of a Conifer Forest

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Year1940
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1940 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

wildlife observation
woodland habitat
outdoor leisure
amateur nature filming
solitude
forest scenery

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld · Approximately eye-level view across a sloping clearing
Setting: outdoor · Dense conifer woodland bordering a small open patch
Time and weather: Daylight · Undetermined · Sunlit conditions
Lighting: Direct sunlight on the clearing with deep shade beneath the trees
People: 0 · No people visible.
Animals: One deer; species and sex undetermined
Objects: conifer trees · small evergreen trees · fallen trunk · scattered branches · sloping forest floor
Colors: dark green · blue · ochre · brown · gray
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A lone deer stands in a sunlit opening beside dense conifers.
The animal holds its raised head to one side as the framing shifts slightly.
The shot ends with the deer still beside the shaded trees.

Deer Standing at the Edge of a Conifer Forest — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1940 home movie footage shows a lone deer standing in a sunlit opening beside dense conifers. Its body remains nearly still while its head is raised and turned to one side. A fallen trunk lies across the sloping foreground, with smaller evergreen trees behind the animal. The continuous wide shot has slight handheld shifts, soft detail and blue-toned forest shadows.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shotExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004471

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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

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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: Supports requests for circa 1940 amateur colour wildlife footage as a short documentary or museum cutaway.
Period detail: The colour rendition may show an early amateur colour process, but the animal and woodland contain no precise dating clues.
Home-movie behavior: The sustained distant framing records a brief wildlife encounter from an observer's viewpoint.
What appears in frame: A lone deer stands among small evergreens, tall conifers, sunlit ground, deep tree shadows and a fallen trunk.
Film character: Soft detail, grain, blue-toned shade and slight framing shifts retain the texture of projected colour film captured digitally.
Edit role: Works as a wildlife insert, a pause within an outing sequence or a transition into forest scenery.
Historical context: The scene records attention to wildlife within the supplied reel's broader outdoor outing, without identifying a managed park or reserve.
Research note: No people, logos or buildings are visible; copyright licensing remains separate from any property permissions, and land ownership is undetermined.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1940 deer home movies, conifer woodland wildlife and small-gauge colour nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with Handler with grazing horses, Mounting a horse, Rider posing and gesturing, or Pack animals passing from this reel, then with circa 1940 United States woodland footage and other wildlife observations.

Still Frames From This Clip

A deer stands with its head raised beside dark conifers in the United States, circa 1940, with a fallen trunk across the foreground. — A lone deer at the boundary between sunlit ground and shaded evergreen woodland.
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A lone deer remains beside small evergreen trees in the United States, circa 1940; sunlight crosses the sloping ground beneath it. — The animal remains nearly still beside the small trees.
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Wide woodland view in the United States, circa 1940, with a deer left of centre beneath conifers and fallen wood along the foreground. — Tall conifers fill most of the frame around the small clearing.
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Closing view of a deer at a shaded conifer edge in the United States, circa 1940, beyond a sunlit slope and scattered fallen wood. — The closing frame holds the deer against the dark woodland.
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