California USA-1938: Man Drinking from Bottle While Riding Horse in Woods

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 · California, United States
StatusDirect License

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Man Drinking from Bottle While Riding Horse in Woods — Clip Details

A young man in a striped shirt and cap rides a horse through a wooded area in this 1938 8mm home movie from California. He holds a bottle and takes a drink while seated on the horse, then dismounts and stands beside the animal in a forested setting. The footage captures a candid moment of rural life with natural lighting and the characteristic grain of vintage Super 8 film. The man wears casual attire typical of the era, and the scene exudes a nostalgic, documentary-style charm.

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: 121485823

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s California home-movie requests needing a brief rural leisure or horseback-riding moment for documentary, museum, or education edits.
Period detail: The rider's cap, striped shirt, tack, and black-and-white 8mm look support a late-1930s home-movie reading without identifying a specific town or trail.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged-feeling moment as a young man drinks from a bottle while mounted, then stands casually near the horse.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young man, horse, bottle, cap, striped shirt, wooded roadside, reins, and strong sunlight through trees.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, high-contrast exposure, soft focus, and slight handheld framing that read as original physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural-life cutaway, horseback travel beat, or informal character moment in a 1930s memory sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows recreational or rural mobility around a wooded California setting, with casual dress and animal handling recorded from a family-film viewpoint.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, audible music, or private interiors are apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Researchers might find this through searches for 1938 California 8mm home movie, man drinking on horseback, rural horse riding, or wooded family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then California 1938 home movies, then broader 1930s rural leisure or horseback-riding material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1938 California home-movie footage, a young man in a cap and striped shirt drinks from a bottle while riding a horse among trees. — A rider drinks from a bottle while seated on horseback in a wooded setting.
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A young man on horseback holds a bottle near his mouth in a wooded California setting, shown in grainy 1938 8mm footage. — The mounted rider pauses with a bottle raised near his face.
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A young man stands near a horse along a wooded path or roadside in California, recorded in 1938 home-movie footage. — After dismounting, the man stands beside the horse near trees and a path.
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The rider in a striped shirt stands near the horse beneath trees in a high-contrast 1938 California home-movie frame. — The man stands near the horse in shade and dappled sunlight.
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