Clear Lake California-1939: Man With Classic Car In Wooded Area

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

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Man With Classic Car In Wooded Area — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a man in light-colored clothing walking through a wooded area near a classic black sedan. The footage, filmed in black and white with characteristic grain and soft focus, shows the man approaching and standing beside the parked car, likely preparing for a drive. The setting appears to be a quiet park or roadside near Clear Lake, California, with dense trees and dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves. The clip exudes a nostalgic, candid quality typical of mid-20th century amateur film, offering a glimpse into everyday life during the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124761223

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s California home-movie requests needing an everyday motoring, roadside, or park-like cutaway with an adult man and parked sedan.
Period detail: The dark rounded sedan, light casual clothing, black-and-white 8mm look, and wooded roadside setting may show late-1930s leisure travel near Clear Lake.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged value in the man walking toward, pausing by, and moving around the car as if captured by a family or travel companion.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooded path, large tree trunks, dappled sunlight, an adult man in light clothing, a dark rounded sedan, and a roadside or park clearing.
Film character: The clip carries a physical 8mm texture with soft focus, high-contrast black-and-white exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, travel-memory beat, or visual bridge for 1930s automobile leisure and family-trip context.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for private automobile use and outdoor recreation without identifying the man, car make, or exact site beyond supplied Clear Lake metadata.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness require review; no logos are readable, but car design and location/property context should be assessed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1939 Clear Lake home movie, 1930s California car footage, black-and-white 8mm sedan, or man by parked car in woods.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Clear Lake 1939 scenes, then broader 1930s California travel, parks, cars, and family outing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Clear Lake home-movie footage, a man in light clothing walks through a shaded wooded area with large tree trunks nearby. — A man walks away from the camera through a wooded park or roadside area.

A man in light clothing stands next to a dark rounded sedan in a wooded Clear Lake setting, seen in black-and-white 8mm footage. — The man pauses beside a parked dark sedan under trees.

The man faces the camera near the side of a dark 1930s-style sedan, with trees and bright patches of sunlight behind him. — The man stands near the sedan, briefly facing the camera.

The parked sedan is framed in profile as the man leaves the shot.

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