California USA-1936: Man In Hat Drinking From Teacup On River Boat

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Year1936
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1936 California

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Man In Hat Drinking From Teacup On River Boat — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1936 captures a man in a fedora and suspenders enjoying a river adventure. The clip shows him drinking from a yellow teacup on a boat, with other men in period attire nearby, including one in a police-style uniform. The scene unfolds on a wooden dock and riverbank under bright sunlight, with a stone bridge visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural light variations, offering authentic archival footage of mid-20th century American leisure and transportation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 121505755

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1936 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: Useful for 1930s California leisure, river travel, dock activity, or everyday social life inserts in documentary and museum productions.
Period detail: Visible clues include fedoras, suspenders, collared shirts, a police-style uniform, a wooden boat setting, and a stone bridge that may show 1930s public waterside infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as men gather near the water and one seated man casually drinks from a bright yellow cup while looking toward the camera.
What appears in frame: The frames show men in hats, a uniformed figure, boat seating, rippled water, a yellow cup, suspenders, sunlit dockside activity, and a stone bridge or embankment.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, blue color shift, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that support its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for river outings, California travel, informal boating, or 1930s everyday life.
Historical context: The scene suggests a small group on or near a river boat, with period clothing and casual interaction offering social context without confirming identities or a specific vessel.
Research note: People and faces are visible, including a police-style uniform, so likeness and contextual review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1930s California home movie boat footage, man drinking from cup on river, vintage 8mm dock scene, and men in hats by water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then California 1936 river or boating material, then broader 1930s leisure, travel, and dockside scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California home-movie frame showing men in period hats near a river or dock, with a stone bridge or embankment in the background. — Men gather by the water near a stone bridge or embankment.

1936 California frame with men in period clothing beside rippled water and a stone bridge or embankment, including a police-style uniformed figure. — Men in period attire stand by the river or dock area.

1936 California home-movie frame of a seated man in a fedora and suspenders drinking from a yellow cup on a boat over rippled water. — A seated man in a fedora drinks from a yellow cup on the boat.

1936 California frame of a man in a fedora and suspenders holding a yellow cup on a boat, with sunlit water behind him. — The man lowers the yellow cup and looks toward the camera.

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