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California USA-1936: Men Enjoy Sunny Day In Very Nice Lagoon On Beautiful Sunny

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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Men Enjoy Sunny Day In Very Nice Lagoon On Beautiful Sunny — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1936, showing a scenic lagoon with rugged, rocky cliffs under a bright sky. The grainy, color-bleached film captures a group of men relaxing on the shore, dressed in casual 1930s attire, enjoying a sunny day by the water. The footage exhibits natural film wear, including scratches and slight blurriness, characteristic of amateur Super 8 recordings. The scene evokes a nostalgic, peaceful atmosphere of mid-century American leisure and outdoor recreation.

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
121506614

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

  • man
  • vegetation
  • stones
  • water
  • sky
  • men
  • enjoy
  • sunny
  • day
  • lagoon
  • holidays
  • california USA
  • 1936
  • 1930s California
  • vintage 8mm film
  • 1936 home movie
  • lagoon scenery
  • rocky cliffs
  • men relaxing
  • sunny day
  • outdoor recreation
  • archival footage
  • classic film
  • nostalgic
  • historical
  • old film
  • film grain
  • color fade
  • vintage home movie
  • 1930s leisure
  • American history
  • vintage travel
  • scenic landscape
  • old footage
  • 8mm film
  • vintage footage
  • family vacation
  • 1930s lifestyle

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1930s California 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing leisure, shoreline, or outdoor recreation material with visible people by a lagoon.
Period detail
The men's clothing and the stated 1936 date support a 1930s reading, while the rocky lagoon setting appears rural or coastal without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior
The clip preserves an unstaged outing as men sit and talk near the water, filmed from a casual home-movie vantage point.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include blue water, pale shoreline, rocky cliffs, scrubby vegetation, seated men, bright sky, and heavy frame edges from the scan.
Film character
The footage has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, scratches, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for 1930s travel, outdoor leisure, or California shoreline sequences.
Historical context
The scene offers a small social glimpse of men spending leisure time outdoors by water in California, without enough detail to identify the exact site or occasion.
Research note
People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to separate copyright and source-rights checks; no logos are apparent.
Research search match
Useful search matches include 1930s California lagoon home movie, 8mm men by water, rocky shoreline leisure footage, and vintage outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other California 1936 outdoor footage, then broader 1930s leisure, shoreline, and travel home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing lagoon water, a light shore strip, and rocky cliffs under a bright sky.
Lagoon water and rocky shoreline appear in a softly focused 8mm frame.
1936 California 8mm view across lagoon water toward a rugged, sunlit cliff and narrow pale shore.
A rocky lagoon edge fills the frame, with water in the foreground.
1936 California home-movie frame of three men seated by a rocky lagoon shore with water, cliffs, and scrub vegetation behind them.
Men sit and talk on the shore beside a rocky lagoon landscape.
1936 California 8mm frame showing three men relaxing beside lagoon rocks, with water and rugged cliffs in the background.
A small group relaxes by the water in a sunlit rocky landscape.

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