Clear Lake California-1939: Three People Strolling Through Wooded Park

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

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Three People Strolling Through Wooded Park — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene scene at Clear Lake, California, where three people stroll through a wooded park. A man in light-colored pants and a short-sleeved shirt walks with a woman in a patterned dress, while another man in a dark suit follows. They move past picnic tables under tall trees, their figures framed by dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves. The grainy black-and-white footage, with its characteristic film grain and soft focus, evokes a strong sense of nostalgia and everyday life in the late 1930s. This archival clip offers authentic period detail for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific projects.

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: 124761311

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: 1939 8mm home-movie footage of adults walking through a wooded Clear Lake park, suited for documentary inserts about leisure, travel, or everyday outdoor life in late-1930s California.
Period detail: Visible period clues include modest dress clothing, picnic-table park furniture, and the informal 8mm home-movie framing, though no landmark or dated signage is visible in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family or travel moment as three adults stroll away from the camera through trees and dappled light near picnic tables.
What appears in frame: The frames show three adults, tall trees, shaded grass, picnic tables, bright sun patches, and a soft wooded background.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm image has heavy grain, soft focus, slight gate edges, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, outdoor leisure cutaway, or transition into a sequence about prewar California travel and recreation.
Historical context: The scene shows adults moving through a public-looking wooded picnic area, offering social context for informal outdoor recreation without identifying a specific site within Clear Lake.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review, while no logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private property are apparent from the supplied frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Clear Lake California home movie, 1930s 8mm park picnic footage, and vintage people walking in woods.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Clear Lake material, then broader 1930s California outdoor recreation or picnic scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Clear Lake home-movie footage, adults walk away through a shaded wooded picnic area with tables and bright sun patches. — Adults walk through trees near picnic tables in a shaded park setting.

A man in light clothing and a woman in a patterned dress walk through the Clear Lake wooded picnic area in 1939 footage. — Two adults move deeper into the wooded picnic area as another figure remains nearby.

Three adults, including one in darker clothing, walk away from the camera through the Clear Lake park setting. — The group passes between picnic tables and tall trees in filtered sunlight.

The group recedes into the wooded Clear Lake picnic area, framed by trees, sunlit ground, and soft 8mm film grain. — Three adults recede into the grove, with picnic tables visible on both sides.

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