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California USA-1938: Man Waving near Dam with Mountain Backdrop

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

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Man Waving near Dam with Mountain Backdrop — 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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Topics & Keywords

  • coat
  • mountain
  • man
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  • 1938
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  • vintage 8mm film
  • man in hat
  • plaid coat
  • dam water flow
  • mountain landscape
  • Super 8 grain
  • archival footage
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  • nostalgic moment
  • waving awkwardly
  • 1930s Americana
  • documentary clip
  • historical footage
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  • nature backdrop
  • water cascading
  • vintage 8mm
  • classic film
  • candid moment
  • outdoor scene
  • 1938 footage
  • vintage home movie
  • retro footage
  • film grain
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  • archival clip
  • old footage

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.

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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.

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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.

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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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