Clear Lake California-1939: Group Of People At Dock Looking At Lake

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

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Group Of People At Dock Looking At Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a group of people at Clear Lake, California, gathered on a wooden dock. The black-and-white footage shows individuals in period attire—women in dresses and men in shirts and trousers—standing and sitting as they gaze out over the water. A small boat is visible in the distance, and a dock extends into the lake under a bright sky. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of amateur 8mm film from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century leisure at a California lake.

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: 124761585

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: 1930s California lake leisure footage suited to documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing a short home-movie view of people gathering by water.
Period detail: The clothing, dock setting, and black-and-white 8mm look support the stated 1939 date while showing casual lakeside dress and recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip captures unstaged visitors standing and sitting on a wooden dock, watching the lake rather than performing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden dock, several adults, calm lake water, distant boats, shoreline, bright sky, and soft film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, high-contrast exposure, and slight frame instability that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a lakeside recreation insert, a quiet transition, or a memory beat within a 1930s California leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for informal lake visits and small-group outdoor recreation in prewar California without identifying the people shown.
Research note: People and faces appear, so likeness review may be needed; no visible brands are evident, and copyright or source permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Clear Lake California home movie, 8mm lakeside dock group, vintage lake recreation, and 1930s people by water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Clear Lake or 1939 California footage, then with broader vintage lake recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Clear Lake, California home-movie frame showing calm water, distant shoreline, a dock edge, and a partial figure in the foreground. — A quiet lake view with shoreline and a partial foreground figure.

Clear Lake home-movie frame with a small dock, distant boats, shoreline, and a partial person at the bottom of the frame. — A dock and distant boats sit across the lake as a figure enters the lower frame.

1939 Clear Lake, California frame showing adults in period casual clothing gathered on a wooden dock beside the water. — Adults gather on a lakeside dock and look out over the water.

Clear Lake home-movie frame showing adults standing and sitting on a wooden dock while facing the water and distant shore. — The group remains on the dock, facing the open lake and distant shoreline.

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