Clear Lake California-1939: Man and Woman Smoking on Boat

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

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Man and Woman Smoking on Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a man in a light-colored fedora and patterned shirt smoking near a woman in a wide-brimmed hat aboard a boat on Clear Lake, California. The black-and-white footage shows them smiling and enjoying a sunny day on the water, with tree-lined shores visible in the background. The grainy texture and soft focus reflect classic Super 8 home movie aesthetics, evoking a nostalgic 1930s leisure moment.

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: 124761646

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 home-movie requests needing brief leisure footage of older adults on a boat at Clear Lake, California, for documentary cutaways or period atmosphere.
Period detail: The light fedora, patterned sleeveless top, black-and-white 8mm look, and open boat setting support a late-1930s recreational lakeside scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an informal family-film moment as an older man smokes and smiles near a woman while the boat moves across the lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older man in a light hat, a woman in a wide-brimmed hat, patterned clothing, lake water, wake lines, distant wooded shore, and boat-edge framing.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of small-gauge home movies scanned from physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, lakeside travel insert, or transition between broader scenes of 1930s recreation and family leisure.
Historical context: The scene shows casual adults enjoying boat travel on Clear Lake without making claims about a public event, named vessel, or specific landmark.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no brands or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Clear Lake California home movie, older man smoking on boat, black-and-white 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 boating, lake vacation, and family leisure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Clear Lake home-movie frame showing an older man in a light fedora smoking near a woman as shoreline and water pass behind them. — Older man smoking beside a woman during a boat ride on Clear Lake.

1939 Clear Lake frame of an older man in a light hat smoking on a moving boat, with water and wooded shoreline in the background. — Seated older man smoking during a boat outing, with the lake behind him.

1939 Clear Lake home-movie frame with a partial view of a woman in patterned clothing as the boat travels across open water. — Woman partly framed at the edge of the shot as the boat moves across the lake.

1939 Clear Lake frame showing wake trails on the water, wooded shoreline, and a partial passenger at the edge of the home-movie frame. — Wake trails across Clear Lake with a passenger partly visible at the frame edge.

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