Lake Tahoe California USA-1978: People Trying To Light The Campfire While

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationLake Tahoe, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 California

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People Trying To Light The Campfire While — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and blue jeans crouches by a stone fire pit in a wooded campsite, attempting to light a fire with matches. A woman in a wide-brimmed hat and light-colored clothing stands nearby, watching. A light blue tent is pitched in the background among tall trees. The scene captures a quiet moment of family camping in the late 1970s, with natural sunlight filtering through the forest. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows authentic vintage color and grain, evoking a sense of nostalgia and outdoor adventure.

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: 123102686

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1978 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: Lake Tahoe, 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 1970s home-movie requests about family camping, outdoor recreation, and Lake Tahoe vacation life in documentary or education edits.
Period detail: The clothing, small tent, stone fire ring, and warm 8mm color may show late-1970s recreational camping as supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged campsite routine, with one person working at the fire pit while another watches and an older woman rests outdoors.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue tent, stone fire ring, matches or fire-starting activity, tall trees, casual clothing, a wide-brimmed hat, and a seated woman in greenery.
Film character: The footage has handheld 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, strong sun flare, and visible grain that place the moment within a physical home-movie record.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or cutaway for camping, family travel, campfire preparation, or quiet outdoor leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual car-camping or campground recreation in a wooded Lake Tahoe setting without making claims about a specific campground or event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from personal or location permissions.
Research search match: Research matches include 1978 Lake Tahoe camping 8mm, 1970s family campsite home movie, campfire lighting, blue tent in woods, and vintage outdoor vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Lake Tahoe or 1978 material, then broader 1970s camping, campfire, tent, and family vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

At a Lake Tahoe campsite in 1978, a man in a white shirt leans toward a stone fire ring near a pale blue tent and tall trees. — A man works at a campsite fire ring while a blue tent sits among the trees.

At the wooded Lake Tahoe campsite, a crouching man tends a stone fire ring as a woman in a wide-brimmed hat watches beside the tent. — A woman watches as a man crouches by the stone fire ring at the campsite.

An older woman sits on a rock in bright Lake Tahoe greenery, holding a small object during the 1978 home-movie camping scene. — An older woman rests on a rock in the sunlit woods near the campsite.

The 1978 Lake Tahoe home-movie footage shows an older woman seated on a rock, looking down at something she holds in the wooded campsite area. — The seated woman looks down at her hands in a quiet outdoor moment.

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