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California USA-1938: Three Horses Carrying Supplies Through Forested Hillside

  • Year1938
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1938 California
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Three Horses Carrying Supplies Through Forested Hillside — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1938 shows a pack train of three horses navigating a forested hillside. The brown and dark-colored horses carry large wooden crates and supplies on their backs, moving through a rugged, grassy terrain with scattered pine trees. A man in a red hard hat and plaid shirt appears in one frame, holding a white bucket, suggesting a logging or construction expedition. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural lighting, capturing a moment of early 20th-century outdoor labor and transportation in a remote setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
121486081

Rights & Clearance

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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
California, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • animal
  • man
  • grass
  • trees
  • stick
  • three
  • horses
  • carrying
  • obeyed
  • trainer
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • california USA
  • 1938
  • 1938 California USA
  • pack horses
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Super 8 footage
  • logging expedition
  • forest trail
  • wooden crates
  • man with hard hat
  • plaid shirt
  • outdoor labor
  • historic film
  • archival footage
  • nostalgic
  • film grain
  • forested hillside
  • supply transport
  • early 20th century
  • wilderness
  • pack train
  • old film

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1930s California 8mm footage for productions needing rural pack-animal transport, outdoor labor, or forest hillside travel inserts.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 California 8mm frame showing loaded horses with crates on a grassy forest hillside and a man partly visible nearby.
Loaded horses pause on uneven ground among trees, with a man partly visible behind them.

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