Clear Lake California-1939: Man Walking Near Picnic Area In Forest

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

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Man Walking Near Picnic Area In Forest — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene day at Clear Lake, California. A man walks through a wooded area with picnic tables, passing a classic car parked near a rustic cabin. The black-and-white footage shows dappled sunlight filtering through dense trees, with a young boy briefly visible near the picnic area. The grainy texture and natural lighting evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, offering a glimpse into mid-century outdoor recreation and family life in Northern California.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124761195

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 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: Useful for 1930s documentary or editorial requests needing California lake-country recreation, wooded picnic grounds, and casual home-movie outdoor leisure.
Period detail: The 8mm black-and-white footage may show late-1930s clothing and park picnic furniture, with era detail supported mainly by the dated home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, following a man as he walks through a shaded picnic area rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall trees, dappled paths, picnic tables, benches, a standing man, seated people, and bright foliage beyond the clearing.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight frame-edge vignetting from the original film.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a quiet cutaway, memory beat, or transition into outdoor recreation, family travel, or Northern California leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents informal outdoor recreation at a wooded Clear Lake picnic area, showing how visitors used shaded public or resort grounds.
Research note: People are visible, including possible faces at distance, so copyright, likeness, and any site or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Clear Lake California footage, vintage wooded picnic area, Depression-era family outing, and black-and-white home movie recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Clear Lake material, then broader vintage California outdoor recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Clear Lake home-movie footage, a man walks away through trees near picnic tables in a shaded outdoor area. — A man walks through the wooded picnic grounds beneath dense tree cover.

A man stands beside picnic tables under trees at Clear Lake, California, in dated 1939 black-and-white home-movie footage. — The man pauses beside picnic tables in a sunlit clearing.

The Clear Lake picnic area appears in black-and-white 8mm footage, with a man near tables and trees in dappled light. — A man stands near the picnic tables as sunlight breaks through the trees.

At the Clear Lake wooded picnic area, a man stands while other people sit near tables beneath large trees. — People gather informally around the picnic tables under heavy tree shade.

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