California USA-1971: Family Enjoying Picnic Near Lake With Thermos

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 California

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Family Enjoying Picnic Near Lake With Thermos — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1971 captures a family enjoying a picnic near a lake in California. Two women sit at a picnic table under leafy trees, sharing food and conversation, with a red-capped thermos and food containers on the table. The scene shifts to a wider view showing more family members, including a woman in a pink headscarf and sunglasses, gathered around another table. The footage features the characteristic grain and color palette of 8mm film, evoking a nostalgic, relaxed summer day.

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: 123054650

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 1758 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: III-02,sacto state
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: california,sacramento
Date: 1971 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: Useful for 1970s U.S. home-movie requests needing family recreation, lakeside picnic, or casual outdoor leisure material for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The red-capped thermos, picnic table setup, sunglasses, headscarf, and color 8mm look support an early 1970s family outing, with California location supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged picnic behavior: seated adults eating, talking, leaning over the table, and gathering casually under trees near water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include picnic tables, seated adults, food containers, cups, a red-capped thermos, trees, lake water, sunglasses, and a pink headscarf.
Film character: The clip has a handheld 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, strong contrast, deep tree shadows, and slightly saturated color typical of home-movie reversal film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, family-memory beat, picnic cutaway, or transition between broader sequences about leisure, travel, or domestic recreation.
Historical context: The footage reflects a small family or social group sharing food outdoors, offering visual context for informal recreation and lake visits in 1970s California home movies.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately from personal rights.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1971 California 8mm family picnic, lakeside picnic home movie, 1970s outdoor recreation footage, and vintage thermos picnic table scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 California lake footage, then broader 1970s family picnic or outdoor recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1971 California home-movie footage, two women sit at a shaded picnic table with cups, food containers, and a red-capped thermos. — Two women share food and conversation at a shaded picnic table near the lake.

The 1971 California picnic scene shows two women at a table beneath heavy tree shade, with food, cups, and a red-topped thermos visible. — A close picnic-table view shows food containers and a thermos under dark tree cover.

A wider 1971 California home-movie frame shows adults gathered at a lakeside picnic table, with trees, water, and a woman in a pink headscarf. — Family members gather around a picnic table while a woman in a pink headscarf stands nearby.

The final 1971 California picnic frame shows adults gathered beneath trees near the lake, with table items and informal home-movie framing. — A shaded group picnic continues beside the lake, framed by tree trunks and foliage.

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