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

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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 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: 121486081

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: 1930s California 8mm footage for productions needing rural pack-animal transport, outdoor labor, or forest hillside travel inserts.
Period detail: The crates lashed to horses and the man's work clothing may show period outdoor supply movement in a rugged California setting.
Home-movie behavior: The brief handheld view feels like an observer recording a working pack train rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Three loaded horses, wooden crates, a man with a white bucket, grassy uneven ground, pine trees, and dark film-frame edges are visible.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, color fading, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, rural labor cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat for prewar California outdoor life.
Historical context: The clip visually documents animal-powered movement of supplies through forested terrain without confirming the specific purpose of the trip.
Research note: One adult appears briefly, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos or music are indicated, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s California 8mm pack horses, home movie supply train, forest hillside horses, and vintage rural transport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other California 1938 material, then related clips of pack animals, mountain travel, and outdoor work.

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.

1938 California home-movie frame with a dark pack horse carrying wooden crates beside another loaded horse in wooded terrain. — A dark pack horse with a large crate load moves beside another horse in the trees.

1938 California 8mm frame showing a dark pack horse carrying wooden crates across uneven grass below pine trees. — A loaded dark horse crosses the hillside with crates secured to its back.

1938 California home-movie frame showing a man in a red hard hat and plaid shirt holding a white bucket near forested hillside terrain. — A man with a white bucket stands near trees as the pack animals move out of frame.

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