California USA-1938: Travelling Group Of Men With Horses Walking In Forest By Waterfall

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Travelling Group Of Men With Horses Walking In Forest By... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1938, showing a rugged mountain landscape with a cascading waterfall and rocky riverbed. The scene transitions to a man in a red hat and red-and-black plaid jacket walking through a forested area with a horse. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural light, capturing a nostalgic moment of outdoor exploration and travel in the American West.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121486014

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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: 1930s California home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about outdoor travel, waterfalls, horseback trips, or American West leisure scenes.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s outdoor clothing and riding gear, with a brimmed red hat, plaid jacket, horse, forest path, and rugged waterfall landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an unstaged travel-party viewpoint, moving from scenic waterfall views to a companion walking a horse near the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad waterfall, rocky riverbed, mountain slope, film frame edges, trees, a man in a red hat, plaid outerwear, and a horse.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, color fading, gate edges, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that mark it as original home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, transition from landscape to travel activity, or memory beat for horseback exploration.
Historical context: The footage reflects recreational outdoor travel in a mountainous California setting without supporting claims about a specific park, route, or named landmark.
Research note: People and a horse are visible, so copyright, likeness, and location identification should be reviewed separately; no brands or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1938 California 8mm waterfall, vintage horseback travel, men with horses in forest, and 1930s American West home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other California 1938 travel footage, then broader 1930s waterfall, forest, horseback, and outdoor recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 California 8mm frame showing a distant waterfall, river rocks, and a muted mountainside viewed through film gate edges. — Waterfall and rocky riverbed seen from a distant vantage point.

Vintage 8mm view of a California waterfall spilling across a rocky channel with a hillside in the background. — Broad waterfall and river rocks framed by the 8mm scan border.

Faded 1938 California home-movie frame with waterfall spray, rocky water, and distant hillside under soft exposure. — Faded waterfall view with river rocks and mountain slope.

1938 California home-movie frame showing a man in a red hat and plaid jacket leading or walking beside a horse near trees and bright water. — Man in red hat and plaid jacket walking with a horse by the water.

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