California USA-1936: Man Fishing In River In Desert Landscape

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

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Man Fishing In River In Desert Landscape — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, in 1936, showing a man standing on a rocky riverbank in a desert-like landscape. The man, wearing light-colored clothing, casts a fishing line into the blue water. The clip captures the line arcing through the air and the man standing still as the camera remains fixed. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and edge damage, with a natural, unscripted feel. The scene evokes a sense of quiet outdoor recreation and nostalgic Americana from the 1930s.

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: 121506567

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s California 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a brief outdoor recreation insert or riverbank leisure scene.
Period detail: The footage may show 1930s casual outdoor clothing and a simple rocky river setting, with no visible signage or landmarks to narrow the location beyond the supplied California metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The fixed home-movie camera observes an unstaged man at the water's edge, emphasizing quiet recreation rather than a performed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rocky bank, blue river water, scrub-covered slopes, a distant standing man, water ripples, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has an 8mm physical-film texture with soft focus, visible grain, color fading, dust marks, and gate edges from the scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for fishing, river travel, or California outdoor leisure in a 1930s context.
Historical context: The scene documents informal riverside recreation in a dry California landscape, without enough visual evidence to identify the exact river, community, or event.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no brands, private property, or audible music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s California home movie riverbank, vintage 8mm fishing scene, desert river recreation, and man by river archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with California 1936 outdoor footage, and then with broader themes of fishing, rivers, and desert recreation.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing a distant man on a pale rocky riverbank beside blue water and dry slopes. — A man stands on the rocky edge of a river in a dry California landscape.

1936 California 8mm frame of a pale rocky river edge, blue water, and scrubby dry terrain in the distance. — A rocky river edge projects into blue water below dry hills.

1936 California 8mm frame showing rippled blue river water, pale rocks, and a dry hillside across the channel. — The camera holds on the river, shoreline rocks, and dry landscape beyond.

1936 California 8mm frame focusing on rippled blue river water with a small bright object or disturbance on the surface. — Ripples fill the frame around a small bright point on the river surface.

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