California USA-1938: Man in Plaid Coat Waving Awkwardly Near Dam with Mountain Backdrop

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

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Man in Plaid Coat Waving Awkwardly Near Dam with... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1938 shows a man in a plaid coat and fedora standing near a dam with water cascading over it. The rugged mountain landscape forms a dramatic backdrop as the man waves awkwardly toward the camera. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a candid moment of mid-century Americana. The scene conveys a nostalgic, personal memory of a visit to a hydroelectric facility or scenic overlook.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 121485976

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 visitor view of a man posed near a dam, spillway, or scenic water infrastructure.
Period detail: The fedora, long plaid coat, and 8mm home-movie color suggest late-1930s leisure travel, with the exact dam or overlook not identified from the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged travel moment as the man faces the camera, shifts posture, waves briefly, and places a hand in his pocket.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a dark hat and plaid coat, cascading dam water, rocky river foreground, railings, yellow bollards, and dry mountain slopes.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, gate edges, and contact-sheet framing that support its scanned physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, travel insert, or human-scale cutaway within a sequence about dams, road trips, or California landscapes.
Historical context: The scene shows a recreational visitor viewpoint near water infrastructure, placing a posed individual against a rugged landscape without proving the facility's identity.
Research note: A recognizable adult face appears, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright status; no logos or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 California 8mm home movie dam, man in fedora at spillway, vintage tourist near hydroelectric facility, and mountain water overlook.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel footage, then other California 1938 scenes, then broader 1930s dam, roadside tourism, and mountain landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 California home-movie frame showing cascading water over a dam with rocky river foreground and dry mountain slopes beyond. — Wide view of dam water and mountain backdrop before the man enters the frame.

Adult man in a fedora and plaid coat stands near a railing with dam water and California mountain terrain behind him. — Man poses near the overlook as water cascades across the dam behind him.

Home-movie frame of the man near the dam, raising a hand toward his face while standing against the spillway and mountain backdrop. — The visitor gestures near his face while standing beside the dam overlook.

The man in a dark hat and plaid coat stands near the railing with one hand at his side or pocket as dam water flows behind him. — The man settles into a posed stance with the spillway and mountains behind him.

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