Lake Tahoe Nevada USA-1973: Mountain Lake with Surrounding Forest

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationLake Tahoe, Nevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 · Lake Tahoe, Nevada, United States
StatusDirect License

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Mountain Lake with Surrounding Forest — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 showing a serene lakeside landscape at Lake Tahoe, Nevada. The clip captures a calm lake in the foreground with a grassy shoreline and dense pine forest beyond. A snow-capped mountain peak emerges in the distance under a partly cloudy sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with natural color grading, slight grain, and a soft focus. The camera appears to be moving slowly, possibly from a boat or vehicle, offering a peaceful, nostalgic view of the natural scenery. The dark frame borders suggest the footage was captured through a window or viewfinder.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120962335

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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 1395 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: honeymoon
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: salt lake,utah,sf, california,monerey,lake tahoe
Date: 1973 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm scenic home-movie footage suited for documentary or museum requests needing a quiet Lake Tahoe landscape insert without people or modern development in view.
Period detail: The clip’s strongest period clues are its 8mm color home-movie texture, soft exposure, and 1973 metadata, while the visible landscape itself appears largely timeless.
Home-movie behavior: The view has an unstaged traveler perspective, as if filmed from a moving boat, vehicle, window, or viewfinder while lingering on the lake and distant mountains.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm lake water, a grassy shoreline, dense pine forest, low shrubs, a partly cloudy sky, dark frame borders, and a distant snow-capped mountain in the later frames.
Film character: The footage carries a soft 8mm film look with mild grain, subdued color, slight blur, and dark gate or window-like borders that add archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, nature cutaway, travel transition, or reflective memory beat in a 1970s vacation or western landscape sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a visitor’s scenic view of the Lake Tahoe area in the early 1970s, emphasizing recreation landscape rather than identifiable people, buildings, or events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in the supplied frames, but users should still review copyright ownership, location context, and any broader reel materials before use.
Research search match: Useful researcher searches include 1973 Lake Tahoe 8mm home movie, Nevada lakeside landscape, 1970s mountain lake footage, pine forest shoreline, and snow-capped mountain travel view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1973 Lake Tahoe or Nevada travel footage, and finally with broader 1970s lakeside, camping, boating, and mountain scenery material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Lake Tahoe, Nevada home-movie frame showing calm water in the foreground, a green shoreline, dense trees, and a partly cloudy sky through dark film or window borders. — Lake and pine shoreline under clouds.
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1973 Lake Tahoe, Nevada home-movie view of still water, grassy shore, pine trees, low reeds, and a clouded sky, partially obscured by dark vertical borders. — Shoreline and forest across the lake.
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1973 Lake Tahoe, Nevada frame with calm lake water, a green bank, dense forest, cloud cover, and a faint distant mountain shape beyond the trees. — Distant mountain beyond the forested shore.
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1973 Lake Tahoe, Nevada home-movie frame showing calm lake water, green shoreline, dark pine forest, cloudy sky, and a snow-capped mountain at right. — Snow-capped mountain above the lake shore.
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