Clear Lake California-1939: Rowboat Paddling Across Lake at Sunset

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

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Rowboat Paddling Across Lake at Sunset — Clip Details

Sunset over Clear Lake, California, in 1939, captured on 8mm film. Silhouetted tree branches frame the horizon as the sun dips below the waterline, casting a soft glow across the calm lake. A small rowboat with passengers gently paddles across the water, creating subtle ripples. The grainy, monochrome aesthetic and film edge vignette evoke a nostalgic, vintage home movie feel. This archival footage offers a peaceful, timeless glimpse of mid-century leisure and nature.

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: 124761688

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1939 Clear Lake home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about California lakeside leisure, quiet nature scenes, or prewar family travel atmosphere.
Period detail: The monochrome 8mm image, soft exposure, film-edge vignetting, and metadata-supported 1939 date place the scene in late-1930s home-movie practice.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an unstaged lake sunset from shore while a small occupied rowboat moves slowly across the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low sun near the horizon, calm lake water, silhouetted branches, distant shoreline, film frame edges, and a small rowboat.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, exposure falloff, and slight frame instability that read as original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective cutaway, transition, opening memory beat, or quiet visual pause between more active family or travel scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents a lakeside view and recreational boating in California without making identifiable claims about the people in the distant boat.
Research note: People appear only as distant boat occupants, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are visible, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 Clear Lake California 8mm sunset, vintage lake rowboat footage, 1930s home movie lake shore, and old California boating scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1939 Clear Lake material, then broader 1930s California lakes, rowboats, sunsets, and quiet nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Clear Lake view with the sun low on the horizon, calm water, silhouetted branches, and dark 8mm frame edges. — The sun sits near the distant shore as branches silhouette the lakeside view.

Clear Lake sunset in 1939, with a small bright sun near the horizon and soft branches silhouetted across the 8mm frame. — Branches cross the sky above the low sun and distant shoreline.

1939 Clear Lake sunset framed by bare branches, with textured water below and a dark distant shoreline. — Bare branches frame the left side as the sun nears the horizon over the lake.

Distant rowboat with occupants crossing Clear Lake in 1939, seen under a broad sky and near a low shoreline. — A small boat moves across the calm water beneath the wide sky.

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