Clear Lake California-1939: Man And Woman Sitting By The Shore Of A Lake

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

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Man And Woman Sitting By The Shore Of A Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene moment at Clear Lake, California. A man and woman sit together on the shore, gazing out over the calm water. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the lake stretching to the horizon, framed by bare tree branches in the foreground. Small boats dot the distant water, adding to the peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere of a quiet summer day. The film's natural grain and soft focus evoke a strong sense of history and personal memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124761563

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: Useful for 1930s home-movie requests needing a quiet lakeside recreation cutaway, memory beat, or establishing insert from Clear Lake, California.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look and modest shore setting support a late-1930s home-movie context, with swimmers and small boats visible but few date-specific details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged pause as two adults sit close together by the water and look across the lake before the camera lingers on the view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two seated adults, open lake water, a distant shoreline, small boats, bare branches, leafy overhang, and dark film-edge borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, pronounced grain, slight exposure variation, and gate-edge shadowing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective cutaway, lakeside transition, or personal-memory insert between family, travel, or California recreation scenes.
Historical context: The view suggests leisure time at a California lake, showing ordinary visitors and small watercraft without making claims about a named event or landmark.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright status; no logos or private property are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Clear Lake California home movie, 1930s lakeside couple, vintage 8mm lake shore, and small boats on a quiet lake.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Clear Lake or 1939 California material, then with broader lake recreation and quiet travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Clear Lake, California in 1939, two adults sit close together near the shore as the lake and far shoreline fill the background. — Two adults sit at the lakeside with open water behind them.

A 1939 Clear Lake view is framed by shoreline branches, with small boats and a low distant shore visible across the water. — Shoreline branches frame small boats on the lake.

Clear Lake appears through tree branches and leaves, with small boats moving or resting far out on the water in the 1939 home-movie frame. — Tree branches frame a distant lake view with small boats.

A quiet 1939 Clear Lake view shows branches in the foreground, small boats on the water, and a low shoreline in the distance. — Small boats sit far across the lake beneath overhanging branches.

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