California USA-1936: Group Exploring Desert Plateau near Water

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

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Group Exploring Desert Plateau near Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1936 captures a rugged desert plateau landscape with rocky buttes and arid hills. Three people in period clothing explore the terrain, walking across the dry, brush-covered ground near a small lake or reservoir. The film shows natural, unscripted movement through the vast, open wilderness, with a wide-angle view of the expansive basin. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and film scratches, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 121507043

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s California 8mm home-movie footage for requests needing people moving through a dry plateau landscape near water.
Period detail: Period clues are limited to distant clothing and the 8mm color home-movie format, which support the supplied 1936 dating without identifying a specific site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the walkers pausing and crossing open brushland as a family or travel-film record of outdoor exploration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three distant people, rocky buttes, scrub-covered slopes, a small lake or reservoir, pale sky, and dry basin ground.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld framing, gate edges, grain, scratches, and mild color fading give the scan a physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel-memory beat, landscape transition, or cutaway around desert exploration.
Historical context: The footage shows recreational or travel observation of an arid California landscape, with people dwarfed by open terrain and water.
Research note: People are visible at distance, so likeness review may apply separately from copyright, while no logos, music, or clear private property are visible.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s California 8mm desert plateau, home movie people near reservoir, rocky butte landscape, and arid basin travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1936 California landscapes, then broader desert plateau and reservoir home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing three distant people moving across arid brushland below rocky plateau walls. — Three people cross dry brush-covered ground beneath dark rocky buttes.

1936 California 8mm view of a still lake or reservoir set below dark rocky plateau slopes. — A still body of water sits below layered rocky hills in the desert basin.

1936 California 8mm frame with calm water reflecting a low desert hill and open shoreline. — Calm water reflects the sloped desert hillside across a broad basin edge.

1936 California 8mm view of a rounded rocky hillside and sparse vegetation above basin terrain. — A rounded scrub-covered hill rises above the dry basin landscape.

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