Clear Lake California-1939: Porch and Dock at Clear Lake

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

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Porch and Dock at Clear Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment at Clear Lake, California. The sequence begins with a close-up of a porch featuring a trellis and leafy plants, then pans to reveal a wooden dock extending into the lake. Several people are gathered on the dock, some seated, others standing, enjoying a peaceful day by the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and soft focus, with natural lighting and a nostalgic, archival quality. The scene evokes mid-20th century Americana and family leisure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124761418

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s California home-movie requests needing quiet lakeside leisure, domestic exterior detail, or documentary cutaways around Clear Lake travel and family recreation.
Period detail: The porch trellis, shuttered doorway, simple dock, small boat, and soft 8mm rendering may show late-1930s vacation architecture and lakefront recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor perspective, moving from a porch detail to people gathered at a dock across the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shuttered porch doorway, white trellis, leafy plantings, exterior wall, lake surface, wooden dock, small boat, and distant people.
Film character: The clip carries a black-and-white 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, transition from house to lake, or memory beat for prewar California leisure.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary lakeside recreation and domestic surroundings without clear identifying signs, landmarks, or named individuals visible in the frames.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from privacy or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Clear Lake California home movie, porch trellis lake dock, vintage California vacation footage, and 1930s lakeside recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Clear Lake 1939 material, then broader 1930s California travel and lakeside leisure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Clear Lake home-movie frame showing a porch doorway, trellis, shutters, and dense garden planting. — A porch exterior with trelliswork and leafy plants fills the frame.

Clear Lake, California porch detail with trellis, shutters, columns, and surrounding vegetation on black-and-white 8mm film. — The camera holds on trelliswork and shuttered openings along the porch.

A close porch view from the 1939 Clear Lake footage shows a dark doorway, trellis, shutters, and garden foliage. — A dark doorway and trellis are framed by plants along the porch.

Clear Lake view with people gathered on a dock and small boat, seen through foreground branches in 1939 home-movie footage. — People stand and sit near a dock and small boat on the lake.

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