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California USA-1938: Hunters On Horseback In Forest With Rifle And Tent

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

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Hunters On Horseback In Forest With Rifle And Tent — Clip Details

Black-and-white vintage 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, in 1938, showing a hunting expedition in a forested area. A man in a wide-brimmed hat and button-up shirt stands near a canvas tent, holding a rifle and eating. Another man in a striped shirt rides a horse through the woods, while a pack horse carries supplies. The grainy, high-contrast film captures the rustic outdoor adventure with authentic period clothing and equipment, evoking a sense of early 20th-century Americana and wilderness exploration.

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
121485778

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

  • hunter
  • wild
  • animals
  • excitement
  • forest
  • peoples
  • going
  • horse
  • ride
  • hunting
  • wildlife
  • california USA
  • 1938
  • 1938 hunting expedition
  • vintage 8mm film
  • 1930s outdoor adventure
  • black and white home movie
  • horseback riding
  • forest hunting
  • period clothing
  • rifle
  • pack horse
  • canvas tent
  • archival footage
  • retro film
  • historical footage
  • wilderness
  • old film
  • nostalgic
  • vintage hunting
  • 8mm film

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Supports documentary or education requests for 1930s California outdoor recreation, hunting travel, and horseback pack scenes from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail
The clip shows wide-brim hats, buttoned shirts, a canvas tent, rifles, saddled horses, and pack gear consistent with the stated 1938 home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior
The camera observes practical camp and riding moments rather than staged poses, preserving informal handling of food, horses, rifles, and supplies.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include saddled horses, a pack load, a man by a canvas tent, rifles, wooded terrain, striped shirts, hats, and high-contrast film edges.
Film character
Black-and-white 8mm texture gives the scene coarse grain, flicker, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for rural travel, hunting preparation, or horseback movement in a 1930s setting.
Historical context
The footage visually documents leisure or subsistence-oriented outdoor activity, with period clothing and equipment seen through a private home-movie viewpoint.
Research note
People and possible identifiable faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to separate copyright and footage licensing checks.
Research search match
Useful search matches include 1938 California hunting trip, 1930s horseback pack horse, vintage 8mm forest camp, and home movie hunter with rifle.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with California 1938 outdoor footage, then with broader themes of hunting, horses, camping, and forest travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 California home-movie frame showing a saddled pack horse carrying supplies through a wooded area.
A pack horse with supplies passes close to the camera during the forest outing.
1938 California frame of a man in outdoor clothing beside a canvas tent, holding a rifle while eating.
A man stands near the tent with a rifle during a camp moment.
1938 California home-movie frame showing a rider in a striped shirt on horseback among trees.
A rider moves through the forest on horseback in striped clothing.
1938 California frame with a striped-shirt rider on horseback in a wooded area, with another horse partly visible.
The rider continues through the trees as another saddled horse appears nearby.

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