Clear Lake California-1939: Looking Across A Rippling Body Of Water Toward

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

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Looking Across A Rippling Body Of Water Toward — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene view across Clear Lake, California, with rippling water reflecting a dense treeline. The black-and-white footage shows a quiet lakeside scene with faint figures near the shore and a small boat visible in the distance. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century nature and leisure. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era, evoking a sense of quiet Americana 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: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124761627

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: Useful for requests needing 1930s California lake leisure atmosphere, rural waterside scenery, or a quiet documentary cutaway from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s recreational lakeshore details, including small boats, wooded shoreline, and distant figures gathered near the water.
Home-movie behavior: The view has an unstaged visitor perspective, holding on rippling water and shoreline activity rather than posing subjects for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling lake water, a dense treeline, shoreline structures or docks, small boats, distant people, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven edge exposure, and slight contact-sheet vignetting that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm establishing insert, reflective transition, or memory beat for lakeside travel, recreation, or rural California sequences.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for informal outdoor recreation at Clear Lake, with people and boats seen only at a distance across the water.
Research note: Distant people are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and any property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Researcher searches this may answer include 1939 Clear Lake California 8mm footage, vintage lake shoreline, rippling water home movie, and 1930s boating scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Clear Lake 1939 material, then broader 1930s California lakeside and boating footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Clear Lake, California view across rippling water toward a dense treeline and small distant figures near shore. — Across the lake, ripples lead toward a wooded shoreline with faint activity near the water.

Clear Lake shoreline in 1939 with textured water, a small boat near shore, and distant people against trees. — A small boat and distant lakeside figures appear along the wooded shoreline beyond the rippling water.

1939 Clear Lake view with low ripples in the foreground and small distant figures along a wooded lakeshore landing. — The camera holds on the lake surface while distant figures stand near the shoreline landing.

Wide 1939 Clear Lake view showing rippled water, wooded banks, small boats, and distant activity along the shore. — A wide lakeside view shows boats and small distant figures set against the trees.

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