Clear Lake California-1939: Boats In The Water By A Tree

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

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Boats In The Water By A Tree — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of Clear Lake, California, framed by silhouetted tree branches. The black-and-white footage shows several small boats, including sailboats, gliding across the calm water under a bright sky. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of early 20th-century amateur film. This archival clip evokes a peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124761570

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Supports 1930s archival requests needing quiet California lake scenery, small boats, and home-movie waterfront atmosphere for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The distant sailboats, open water, silhouetted branches, black-and-white 8mm image, and 1939 metadata place this as late-1930s amateur lake footage.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a steady visitor-like view from shore, using nearby trees as a natural frame while boats move across the water in the distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm lake water, a low far shoreline, small sailboats, dark tree trunks, bare branches, leafy silhouettes, bright sky, and film grain.
Film character: The clip has the soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and dark edge framing associated with scanned 1930s 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm establishing insert, waterfront cutaway, travel-memory transition, or quiet pause between more active Clear Lake scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational lake viewing and small-boat activity at Clear Lake without visible people, signage, buildings, or identifiable events in frame.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review source rights separately from any location or underlying copyright questions.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Clear Lake California 8mm footage, vintage lake sailboats, black-and-white home movie water view, and 1930s California boating.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1939 Clear Lake views, then broader 1930s California lake, boating, shoreline, and travel home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Clear Lake, California view with calm water, small distant boats, silhouetted tree branches, and a low far shoreline. — Small boats cross the lake beyond dark shoreline trees.

Clear Lake scene from 1939 showing distant sailboats and open water framed by silhouetted trunks and branches. — Distant sailboats move across open water framed by trees.

1939 home-movie view of Clear Lake with several small sailboats near the horizon, framed by dark branches and foliage. — Several small sailboats appear near the far shore.

Clear Lake, California footage from 1939 with distant sailboats, a low shoreline, and silhouetted foliage along the frame edge. — Distant boats sit low on the horizon beyond the shaded tree frame.

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