Clear Lake California-1939: A Man Helps Two Women Cross A Small Creek

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

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A Man Helps Two Women Cross A Small Creek — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and light trousers helps two women cross a shallow creek at Clear Lake, California, in 1939. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the trio navigating rocky terrain in a wooded natural setting. The women wear patterned dresses and hats typical of the late 1930s, and their careful steps reflect the era's casual outdoor recreation. The grainy black-and-white image, with its soft focus and film edge vignette, evokes a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel. This archival clip offers a quiet, candid moment of companionship and adventure in a serene, forested landscape.

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: 124761246

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: Useful for 1930s California home-movie requests needing ordinary outdoor recreation, companionship, or travel moments for documentary, museum, or educational edits.
Period detail: The women's patterned dresses, hats, and the man's high-waisted light trousers support a late-1930s reading consistent with the 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged-looking moment as a man steadies two women while they negotiate rocks and shallow water in a wooded creek setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adults, patterned dresses, brimmed hats, a white shirt, light trousers, creek stones, low water, and dense trees or brush.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white image has visible grain, soft focus, bright highlights, edge vignetting, and a handheld home-movie feel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, travel insert, outdoor recreation cutaway, or transition into family-trip material from the same period.
Historical context: The clip shows casual outdoor movement in a natural setting, suggesting everyday leisure rather than a staged public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; copyright status is separate from any personal or location clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Clear Lake California 8mm home movie, women crossing creek, man helping women outdoors, and vintage family travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Clear Lake material, then broader creek crossing or late-1930s outdoor recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Clear Lake, California in 1939, a man steadies a woman in a patterned dress as she steps across a shallow wooded creek. — A man reaches toward a woman as she crosses rocks beside a shallow creek.

A woman in a dress and hat steps across the creek at Clear Lake while a man in light trousers follows behind her. — The woman moves ahead over the creek stones while the man follows along the bank.

Two women in late-1930s-style dresses stand together near the wooded creek at Clear Lake, California. — Two women pause together on the shaded creek bank.

A man in a white shirt reaches toward a woman at the creek edge while another woman stands partly behind him in the wooded setting. — The man offers help at the creek edge as the group finishes crossing.

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