Clear Lake California-1939: Man Helping A Lady In A Dress Cross Over A Stream

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

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Man Helping A Lady In A Dress Cross Over A Stream — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a man helping a woman in a patterned dress carefully cross a shallow stream at Clear Lake, California. The black-and-white footage shows them stepping over rocks in a wooded natural setting, with the woman smiling as she navigates the water. The grainy texture and soft focus reflect the era's home movie aesthetic, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century outdoor recreation and personal moments.

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: 124761263

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage for edits needing outdoor recreation, travel memory, or interpersonal assistance in a California natural setting.
Period detail: The clothing, black-and-white 8mm look, and 1939 metadata support a late-1930s home-movie setting at Clear Lake, California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment as a man steadies a woman while she carefully crosses a shallow stream.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, a patterned dress, light clothing, shallow water, rocks, wooded banks, sunlight, and handheld framing.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, flicker, and uneven exposure give the 8mm footage a clear physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for outdoor leisure, travel, courtship, or family-reel sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows everyday outdoor recreation and social assistance without enough visual evidence to identify the people or exact site within Clear Lake.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to copyright and any source-license checks.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Clear Lake 8mm home movie, woman crossing stream, man helping woman outdoors, and vintage California creek footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Clear Lake 1939 material, then broader 1930s outdoor recreation or stream-crossing home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Clear Lake, California in 1939, a man steadies a woman in a patterned dress as she crosses rocks by a shallow stream. — A man assists a woman as she begins crossing the stream.

At Clear Lake, California in 1939, the woman continues across the stream with one arm extended for balance. — The woman balances while moving over the streamside rocks.

At Clear Lake, California in 1939, the woman walks near the shallow water after crossing the rocky stream edge. — The woman moves along the creek bank after crossing.

At Clear Lake, California in 1939, the woman walks toward the camera in a wooded stream setting. — The woman approaches the camera beside the stream.

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