Clear Lake California-1939: Group Walking Down Stone Stairs in Wooded Area

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

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Group Walking Down Stone Stairs in Wooded Area — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1939 captures a group of people descending a stone staircase in a wooded area near Clear Lake, California. The black-and-white footage shows several individuals in period attire, including men in light-colored shirts and trousers and women in dresses, carefully navigating the steps with a simple wooden railing. The scene is framed by dense trees and foliage, with a stone wall visible at the bottom of the stairs. The grainy texture and slight camera shake are characteristic of amateur Super 8 film from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a casual outdoor outing.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124761386

Rights & Clearance

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Clear Lake, California, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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: Supports 1930s archival requests needing home-movie footage of a small group on a wooded outdoor stairway near Clear Lake, California, for documentary, education, or memory-sequence use.
Period detail: The clothing, black-and-white 8mm look, and simple outdoor setting may show late-1930s leisure attire and visitor movement through a landscaped wooded area.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged movement as adults carefully descend stone steps, pause near a low wall, and react naturally to the person filming.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include wooded foliage, rough stone steps, a branch-like handrail, adults in light shirts and trousers, a woman in a skirt, and a low stone wall.
Film character: The clip has a handheld 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight framing drift across the short sequence.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for travel, family outing, California recreation, or prewar leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal outdoor recreation, showing adults moving through a rustic landscaped path rather than a posed civic or commercial event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, or private interiors are evident, and copyright status should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Clear Lake California home movie, 1930s wooded stone stairs, vintage 8mm group walking, and black-and-white family outing footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Clear Lake material, then other 1939 California outdoor scenes, then broader 1930s home movies of group walks and recreation.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Clear Lake, California home-movie footage, adults in period clothing walk down stone steps through dense foliage. — Group members begin descending a rustic stone stairway in the woods.

Adults descend the stone stairway near Clear Lake, California, with trees, shrubs, and a rustic rail surrounding the path. — The group moves carefully down the shaded stairway.

A closer home-movie view shows three adults on the wooded stone steps, with the railing cutting diagonally across the frame. — Three figures pass the railing while descending the steps.

At the bottom of the Clear Lake stairway, two adults stand near a low stone wall while steps rise into the trees behind them. — Two people pause by the stone wall at the foot of the stairs.

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