California USA-1938: Man Walks Away From Horse And Another Man, Then Reappears

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

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Man Walks Away From Horse And Another Man, Then Reappears — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1938 shows two men in a forested mountain setting with evergreen trees. One man in a red plaid jacket and red hat walks toward the camera, while another man in overalls grooms a dark horse. The scene captures a quiet moment of rural life, with natural lighting and the characteristic grain and color saturation of 1930s amateur film. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic feel, with subtle camera movement and a candid, documentary-style approach.

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: 121486026

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: Supports 1930s California mountain or rural-life archive requests needing brief home-movie footage of men handling a horse in a forested outdoor setting.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color home-movie look, and metadata-supported 1938 date place the scene in a late-1930s amateur-film context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged interaction: one man walks past the camera while another tends a horse in a quiet outdoor moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a dark horse, a lighter horse, a red hat, red plaid jacket, white overalls, evergreen trees, and sloped ground.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, muted color shifts, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural-life insert, mountain-camp cutaway, horse-handling detail, or brief memory beat within a 1930s sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows recreational or rural horse handling in a wooded California mountain setting without enough evidence to identify the exact site or activity.
Research note: Adult faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or obvious private property appear, and copyright clearance is separate from personal rights.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1938 California home movie horse grooming, 1930s men with horses, 8mm mountain forest footage, and rural outdoor life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 California mountain footage, then broader 1930s horse, camping, or rural-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1938 California home-movie footage, a man in a red hat and red plaid jacket walks toward the camera near horses and evergreen trees. — A man in red outdoor clothing walks past horses on a wooded slope.

A man in white overalls handles or grooms a dark horse in a wooded California mountain setting, based on the clip metadata. — A man stands beside a horse on a forested slope.

Two adult men handle a dark horse in 1938 California footage, one in white overalls and one in a red hat and plaid jacket. — Two men gather beside a dark horse among evergreens.

The man in white overalls and the man in a red hat remain beside a dark horse on a California forest slope in this 1938 home movie frame. — Two men continue tending the horse on the wooded hillside.

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