Clear Lake California-1939: Looking At The Shoreline From The Water With Boats

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

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Looking At The Shoreline From The Water With Boats — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of Clear Lake, California, from a boat on the water. The black-and-white footage shows a small sailboat anchored near the shoreline, with dense trees lining the bank. A small white boathouse or dock structure is visible on the shore, and the water reflects the surrounding landscape. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American lakeside atmosphere.

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: 124761676

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s California lake and boating requests needing quiet shoreline views, water travel inserts, or archival nature cutaways.
Period detail: The small sailboat, simple lakeside structure, and black-and-white 8mm look may show prewar recreational lake scenery in 1939.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to observe the shoreline from a moving or drifting boat, preserving an unstaged visitor view across the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled lake water, a moored sailboat, tree-lined shore, a small white boathouse or dock shelter, reeds, and soft reflections.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, high-contrast black-and-white exposure, and slight handheld instability from filming on water.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm establishing insert, lakeside transition, travel cutaway, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for leisure boating and shoreline scenery at Clear Lake without showing identifiable people or organized events.
Research note: No faces, logos, or music are evident, but copyright, location access, and any property-related uses should still be reviewed for the intended production.
Research search match: Searches such as 1939 Clear Lake 8mm shoreline, vintage California lake boat footage, and prewar home movie lakeside scenery may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Clear Lake or 1939 California material, then broader vintage boating and lakeshore nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Clear Lake home-movie frame showing a small sailboat near the wooded shoreline with its reflection on the water. — A moored sailboat sits close to the shaded Clear Lake shoreline.

Clear Lake shoreline seen from the water, with dense trees and a small white boathouse or dock shelter near the bank. — A small white lakeside structure appears across rippled water below a wooded bank.

1939 Clear Lake view from the water, with a small white shore structure, reeds, trees, and horizontal ripples in the foreground. — The camera holds on a small shore structure set against trees and reeds.

Clear Lake shoreline in black-and-white 8mm footage, showing trees, a small white boathouse or dock shelter, and textured water. — A wider view shows the wooded bank and small lakeside structure beyond the moving water.

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