Clear Lake California-1939: People Sitting at Picnic Table at Clear Lake Campsite

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

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People Sitting at Picnic Table at Clear Lake Campsite — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene campsite at Clear Lake, California. Sunlight filters through tall trees, illuminating a grassy clearing where people sit at picnic tables. The grainy black-and-white footage shows a relaxed outdoor gathering, with figures enjoying a quiet moment in nature. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century Americana and nostalgic family recreation, preserved in classic Super 8 style.

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: 124761305

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 California recreation requests needing a quiet campsite cutaway from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The picnic tables, wooded campground setting, and black-and-white 8mm texture may show prewar outdoor leisure in the late 1930s.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has unstaged home-movie value, observing people seated casually at a picnic table from a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall trees, shaded grass, picnic tables, seated figures, bright clearing, and soft forest background.
Film character: The clip carries strong 8mm character with high contrast, visible grain, slight softness, and uneven exposure at the frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for camping, family recreation, or rural California travel.
Historical context: The footage suggests ordinary outdoor recreation at Clear Lake, showing a simple campground scene without visible signage or organized event activity.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, or clear private property indicators are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Clear Lake California campsite footage, 1930s picnic table home movie, and vintage 8mm camping recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel scenes, then other 1939 Clear Lake material, then broader 1930s camping and picnic footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Clear Lake campsite view with people seated at a picnic table among tall trees and patchy sunlight. — People sit at a picnic table in a wooded Clear Lake campground.

Clear Lake campground footage shows seated people near picnic tables under tall trees in 1939 home-movie frames. — A shaded picnic area appears through the trees at the campsite.

Large tree trunks frame a Clear Lake campsite where people sit near picnic tables in black-and-white 8mm footage. — Picnic tables sit beneath large trees in the campground.

Wide 1939 Clear Lake campsite view with picnic tables, tall trees, and seated people partly obscured by shade. — A wide view holds on the picnic area and surrounding trees.

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