Clear Lake California-1939: Friends In The Park Working Together On A Warm Day

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

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Friends In The Park Working Together On A Warm Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a group of friends gathered in a wooded park near Clear Lake, California. Men and women in period attire—men in light shirts and trousers, women in dresses—work together around a table, possibly preparing for a picnic or outdoor event. The scene unfolds under dappled sunlight filtering through dense trees, with natural film grain and slight motion blur characteristic of Super 8 footage. The mood is warm and communal, evoking a sense of mid-20th century Americana and nostalgic leisure.

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: 124761285

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 editorial or documentary sequences needing home-movie footage of adults gathering and working together outdoors in a California park setting.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm source, and supplied 1939 metadata support a late-1930s reading, with light shirts, trousers, dresses, and simple outdoor tables visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip shows unstaged social cooperation as friends move around tables in shade, suggesting preparation for a picnic, park meal, or informal outdoor task.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include wooded park shade, standing adults, seated figures, outdoor tables, light shirts and dresses, dappled sunlight, and soft grassy ground.
Film character: The 8mm footage has dense black-and-white grain, high-contrast patches of sunlight, mild blur, and a handheld home-movie texture from the original film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for community leisure, picnic preparation, or Depression-era everyday life context.
Historical context: The scene reflects an informal outdoor gathering near Clear Lake, with adults sharing practical tasks in a wooded public or recreational setting.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from appearance releases.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm home movie park picnic, Clear Lake California friends outdoors, 1930s adults working at tables, and vintage communal leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Clear Lake 1939 material, then broader 1930s home movies of parks, picnics, and group leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Clear Lake, California home-movie footage from 1939, adults stand and sit near tables under trees in dappled sunlight. — A man walks past tables as other adults gather in a shaded wooded park.

A man in light trousers stands by an outdoor table while other adults remain nearby in the 1939 Clear Lake park scene. — Adults pause around a table in the trees during an outdoor gathering.

A woman in a dress stands near seated adults at a park table, with trees and bright sun patches behind them. — A woman stands over a table where others sit in the shade.

The group remains around the shaded outdoor table in the Clear Lake home movie, with faces partly visible in soft focus. — Friends continue working or arranging items around a shaded park table.

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