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California USA-1938: Two Men Camping in Woods with Rifle Near Tent

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  • Year1938
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1938 California

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Two Men Camping in Woods with Rifle Near Tent — Clip Details

Black-and-white vintage 8mm film from 1938 in California shows two men in a wooded campsite. One man wears a hat and suspenders, while the other, possibly a soldier, holds a rifle. They stand near a tent and scattered firewood, with trees in the background. The footage has natural film grain and a slightly shaky, handheld quality typical of home movies. The scene captures a quiet moment of outdoor life, evoking nostalgia for mid-20th century Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
ExteriorBlack & white
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
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
121485751

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only 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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

  • People visible: Yes
  • Minors 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 1153 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label
bucks lake,lake tahoe,emerald bay,martins lodge
Reel-level year note
1938
Reel-level location note
california
Date
1938 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
California, 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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Topics & Keywords

  • camp
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  • vintage 1930s lifestyle

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s California outdoor-life requests needing brief home-movie footage of men camping with a tent and rifle in a wooded setting.
Period detail
The hats, suspenders, simple canvas tent, and black-and-white 8mm look support a late-1930s home-movie reading, with California and 1938 supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The men appear to pose and handle the rifle casually near camp, giving the scene an unstaged recreational quality rather than a formal military record.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include two adult men, a canvas tent, a rifle, suspenders, hats, scattered firewood, dry ground, and trees around the campsite.
Film character
The clip has a grainy black-and-white 8mm texture with soft focus, uneven exposure, frame-edge artifacts, and slight handheld movement typical of home-movie filming.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for camping, rural leisure, firearms, or 1930s California home-movie sequences.
Historical context
The footage visually places adult men, outdoor shelter, and firearm handling within a small wooded campsite, reflecting recreational camp activity shown from a private camera perspective.
Research note
People and a firearm are visible, so likeness, editorial context, and weapons-sensitivity review may be needed even where copyright status is separately assessed.
Research search match
Likely matches searches for 1938 California camping home movie, 1930s men with rifle near tent, vintage 8mm campground footage, and black-and-white outdoor leisure film.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1938 California footage, then broader themes of camping, wooded recreation, tents, and firearm handling.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1938 California home-movie footage, two adult men stand on dry ground near trees, with one holding a rifle and the other in suspenders.
Two men pause at a wooded campsite, with a rifle visible in one man's hands.
Two adult men in hats stand beside a canvas tent in a California wooded campsite, with loose branches and dry ground nearby.
The campsite view shows the men near a canvas tent and scattered firewood.
At the wooded campsite, one man stands near the tent while another holds a rifle, with dry brush and branches visible on the ground.
The men shift positions beside the tent, with the rifle still visible.
Two adult men stand near the edge of a canvas tent in 1938 California footage, with one man holding a rifle beside scattered camp wood.
The final frame shows the men standing apart near the tent and camp debris.

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