Clear Lake California-1939: Person Waving While Standing On Rocks On A Cliff

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

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Person Waving While Standing On Rocks On A Cliff — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a lone figure standing on a rocky ledge high on a cliff face at Clear Lake, California. The person, dressed in light-colored clothing, waves toward the camera while balancing on the uneven terrain. The grainy black-and-white footage, framed by dark vignettes, shows the rugged natural landscape with layered rock formations and sparse vegetation. The scene evokes a sense of adventure and isolation, offering a rare glimpse into mid-20th century outdoor recreation and personal documentation.

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: 124761324

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: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage useful for productions seeking a brief outdoor recreation moment at Clear Lake, California, with a lone person waving from rocky terrain.
Period detail: The light clothing, distant home-movie framing, black-and-white 8mm texture, and 1939 metadata place the scene in a late-1930s amateur travel or recreation context.
Home-movie behavior: A distant figure pauses on a rocky ledge and waves toward the camera, giving the scene an unstaged personal-trip quality rather than a formal scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone person, layered rock faces, a narrow ledge, scrubby vegetation, dark frame edges, and a high-contrast black-and-white landscape.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, flicker, vignetting, and slight handheld instability that signal original small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transition for themes of travel, outdoor risk, family excursions, or early recreational filming.
Historical context: The footage documents a visitor's view of a rugged lakeside or cliff landscape, reflecting personal outdoor sightseeing in a prewar California home-movie record.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable at this distance, so likeness review may still be needed alongside separate copyright and location-use assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Clear Lake California 8mm, vintage person waving on rocks, 1930s home movie cliff, and archival outdoor recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Clear Lake material, then broader 1930s California travel or rocky landscape home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Clear Lake, California home-movie frame showing a lone person waving from a rocky ledge in a rugged black-and-white landscape. — A lone figure stands on a narrow rocky ledge and faces the camera.

Distant figure at Clear Lake appears to wave from a rocky outcrop, framed by dark 8mm edges and sparse vegetation. — The figure raises an arm while standing on uneven rock.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from Clear Lake shows a person standing on a cliffside rock ledge with vegetation to the side. — The person stands still on the ledge amid layered rock formations.

Final 1939 Clear Lake frame holds on the distant figure on a rocky ledge, with scrub plants and heavy 8mm vignetting visible. — The shot holds on the small figure and rugged rock face.

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