Clear Lake California-1939: Two People Swimming In A Lake Near A Jetty With A Sailboat In The Distance

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

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Two People Swimming In A Lake Near A Jetty With A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene at Clear Lake, California. Two people swim in the calm water near a wooden jetty, while a small sailboat glides across the lake in the distance. The grainy black-and-white footage, framed by film borders, evokes a nostalgic mid-century leisure moment. The distant shoreline and gentle ripples on the water enhance the peaceful, timeless atmosphere of a classic American summer vacation.

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: 124761536

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 lake recreation footage suited for documentary inserts about California vacations, swimming, sailing, and quiet waterside leisure.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm frame, simple wooden jetty, distant small sailboat, and open lakeshore may show late-1930s recreational lake activity without identifiable modern features.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged vacation viewpoint, watching swimmers near shore while the camera lingers on calm water and a sailboat beyond them.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two swimmers, calm lake water, a wooden jetty, a small sailboat, distant low shoreline, film borders, and light surface ripples.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, frame-edge exposure falloff, slight flicker, and a steady but informal amateur composition.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, lakeside cutaway, vacation transition, or quiet establishing insert for prewar American leisure.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary outdoor recreation at Clear Lake, California, in 1939, with swimmers and a sailboat suggesting accessible summer leisure rather than a staged event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 8mm Clear Lake California swimming, vintage lake vacation home movie, 1930s sailboat on lake, and people swimming near jetty.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1939 Clear Lake material, then with broader themes of lake vacations, swimming, sailing, and home-movie leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Clear Lake, California home-movie frame with distant swimmers in calm water and a low shoreline beyond. — Swimmers appear near the lake surface with the distant shoreline across the water.

Clear Lake home-movie frame showing swimmers far from camera in open water, with a low shore on the horizon. — Distant swimmers move in the lake while the shoreline remains low across the frame.

1939 Clear Lake frame with a small sailboat in the distance, swimmers near shore, and a wooden jetty at lower left. — A sailboat crosses the background while swimmers remain near the jetty and shoreline.

Clear Lake, California home-movie still showing a distant sailboat, foreground jetty posts, and calm lake water in 1939. — The camera holds on the sailboat and jetty as the lake stretches toward the far shore.

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