Clear Lake California-1939: Elderly Woman And Another Person Riding In Boat On

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

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Elderly Woman And Another Person Riding In Boat On — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures an elderly woman and another person aboard a boat on Clear Lake, California. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the woman in a patterned dress and glasses, gazing toward the shoreline as the boat glides across the water. Trees line the distant bank under a bright sky, with gentle ripples on the lake surface. The handheld camera movement and film artifacts evoke a nostalgic, personal memory of a sunny day of sightseeing and recreation.

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: 124761623

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s California home-movie boat footage suited for documentary, museum, or education edits about leisure travel, lakeside recreation, and family sightseeing.
Period detail: The clothing, glasses, black-and-white 8mm look, and small recreational boat setting support the 1939 home-movie period attribution without identifying a specific event.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged passenger-level view as an elderly woman and another person ride across the lake and glance toward the shoreline.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include boat passengers, patterned clothing, eyeglasses, rippled lake water, wooded shoreline, small lakeside structures, bright sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has strong 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, frame-edge vignetting, and handheld movement that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for vintage travel, lake recreation, family outings, or California leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows casual lakeside recreation from a home-movie perspective, with passengers framed against water and wooded shoreline rather than a formal tourist view.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, but copyright, likeness, and location context should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s Clear Lake California home movie, 8mm lake boat ride, elderly woman in boat, vintage family recreation footage, and California lake travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1939 Clear Lake material, then with broader 1930s boating, lakeside travel, and family recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Clear Lake home-movie frame showing an elderly woman in glasses and patterned clothing aboard a boat near a wooded shore. — An elderly woman rides in a boat with the lake and shoreline behind her.

Clear Lake boat-view frame with a passenger partly visible at right, rippled water, and tree-covered shoreline in the distance. — A partial passenger view frames the lake surface and distant wooded shore.

A passenger is partly silhouetted as the boat passes the wooded lakeshore.

Clear Lake shoreline view from a moving boat, showing water, trees, and a small dock or lakeside structure in 1939 home-movie footage. — The camera looks across the lake toward trees and a small shoreline structure.

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