Clear Lake California-1939: An Elderly Couple Fishing On The Banks Of A Lake

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

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An Elderly Couple Fishing On The Banks Of A Lake — Clip Details

An elderly couple enjoys a quiet moment fishing on the shore of Clear Lake, California, in 1939. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the man in a light-colored hat and shirt, and the woman with short, styled hair, both smiling as they stand near the water's edge. The grainy black-and-white image, with visible film scratches and soft focus, evokes a nostalgic, intimate home movie atmosphere. The calm lake stretches into the distance under an overcast sky, with a faint shoreline visible. This authentic vintage 8mm home movie offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century leisure and family life, perfect for historical documentaries, archival projects, 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: 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: 124761607

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 U.S. home-movie requests needing quiet leisure, fishing, lakefront recreation, or older adult couple material for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The clothing, wide-brimmed hat, black-and-white 8mm texture, and metadata-supported 1939 Clear Lake setting point to late-1930s casual lakeside recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The couple smiles toward the camera while standing close together by the water, giving the clip an unstaged family-observer quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older couple, a wide-brimmed hat, fishing line or rod, calm lake water, distant shoreline, open sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has a soft, grainy 8mm look with light scratches, exposure variation, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, leisure cutaway, or transition within sequences about family life, fishing, aging, or California lake travel.
Historical context: The scene shows informal outdoor recreation at a California lake, with the couple presented through a personal home-movie viewpoint rather than a staged public event.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, minors, music, or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Clear Lake California fishing, elderly couple lakeside home movie, vintage lake recreation, and 1930s family travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Clear Lake material, then broader 1930s fishing, lake recreation, and family outing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Clear Lake, California in 1939, an older couple stands close by the water as the man wears a light wide-brimmed hat. — An older couple turns toward the camera while standing beside the lake.

The couple remains near the Clear Lake shoreline, the man partly shaded by his hat and the woman smiling toward the camera. — The couple stands near calm lake water with a distant shore behind them.

In the 1939 Clear Lake home movie, the older couple stands at the water's edge as the man lifts an arm and the woman smiles. — The man raises an arm while the woman smiles beside him near the lake.

A closer 1939 Clear Lake frame shows the man in a light hat facing the camera while the woman is turned away by the water. — The camera moves closer as the man faces forward and the woman turns toward the lake.

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