Clear Lake California-1939: A Woman Smiles At The Camera Followed By A Man In A

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

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A Woman Smiles At The Camera Followed By A Man In A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside moment at Clear Lake, California. A woman in a patterned dress smiles warmly at the camera, followed by a man in a light-colored fedora and matching patterned shirt, both enjoying the tranquil water view. The grainy black-and-white footage, with its soft focus and natural light, evokes a nostalgic 1930s family vacation atmosphere. The lake stretches into the distance, bordered by trees, with gentle ripples on the water's surface. This authentic archival clip offers a glimpse into mid-century leisure 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: 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: 124761641

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

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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 California leisure, family vacation, lakeside recreation, or home-movie memory sequences needing brief human moments by water.
Period detail: The clothing, fedora-style hat, black-and-white 8mm texture, and metadata-supported 1939 date place the scene in late-1930s home-movie travel footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves casual vacation behavior as a woman smiles toward the camera and a man turns beside the lake, suggesting an unstaged family or companion filming moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, patterned clothing, a light-colored hat, lake water, wooded shoreline, distant lakeside structures, ripples, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, edge vignetting, and slight handheld movement that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for personal travel, lakeside leisure, or prewar California vacation material.
Historical context: The scene shows ordinary recreational time at Clear Lake, California, with adults posing near open water rather than a formal public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; no logos, music, or private property are evident from the supplied frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Clear Lake California home movie, 1930s lake vacation footage, woman smiling at camera, and man in fedora by water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Clear Lake 1939 footage, then broader 1930s lakeside vacation and family travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Clear Lake, California home-movie footage, a woman in patterned clothing appears near the camera with water and wooded shoreline behind her. — A woman stands close to the camera beside Clear Lake, partly obscured by shadow and film edge.

A smiling woman in patterned clothing faces the camera beside Clear Lake, California, with water and a wooded shoreline behind her. — The woman smiles toward the camera during a lakeside home-movie moment.

A man wearing a light-colored fedora-style hat and patterned shirt stands near Clear Lake with rippled water and shoreline behind him. — A hat-wearing man appears by the lake as the camera shifts across the water.

The clip ends with the man in profile beside the water and distant shore.

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