Clear Lake California-1939: Couple Going Out For A Walk In Their Car On A Sunny

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationClear Lake, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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Couple Going Out For A Walk In Their Car On A Sunny — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1939 captures a couple walking outside a house in Clear Lake, California. The man wears a sweater over a collared shirt and light trousers, while the woman is dressed in a jacket and light pants. They walk together on a sunny day, passing a classic car parked near a tree-lined property. The footage shows natural movement and the characteristic grain of 8mm film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
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: 124761191

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 1166 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: may
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1939 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: Clear Lake, 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: 1930s California home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts about leisure travel, domestic outings, or everyday American life before World War II.
Period detail: The clothing, house exterior, and rounded-body automobile support the supplied 1939 setting and may show late-1930s vacation or residential life near Clear Lake.
Home-movie behavior: The couple walks naturally toward and away from the camera, giving the clip an unstaged family-film record of a brief outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man and woman, a house entrance, shrubs, trees, a parked vintage car, a lawn, and a small cabin-like building.
Film character: The 8mm image has high-contrast black-and-white grain, slight softness, edge vignetting, and a handheld home-movie cadence.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, travel cutaway, or transition between domestic exterior scenes and car-based leisure footage.
Historical context: The footage reflects a casual outdoor moment with adults, a private-looking residence or vacation property, and automobile presence as part of everyday mobility.
Research note: Faces are visible, and copyright, likeness, and any property permissions should be reviewed separately before publication or commercial use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1939 Clear Lake home movie, 1930s California couple walking, vintage car outside house, and 8mm family travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1939 Clear Lake material, then with 1930s California travel, couples, homes, and vintage cars.

Still Frames From This Clip

A couple walks outside a house in Clear Lake, California, in supplied 1939 home-movie footage. — Couple walking together past shrubs outside a house.

The man and woman approach the camera from a house exterior in 1939 Clear Lake footage. — The couple approaches the camera from the house frontage.

A man walks across a lawn toward a parked vintage car and low building in Clear Lake, California. — Man walking toward the parked car across the lawn.

A man moves toward a rounded-body vintage car near trees and a low building in the supplied 1939 footage. — Man nearing the parked car beside a tree-lined property.

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