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Clear Lake California-1939: Two People In A Boat By A Dock Helping A Woman Out

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

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Two People In A Boat By A Dock Helping A Woman Out — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a family at Clear Lake, California. A woman in a wide-brimmed hat and patterned dress helps another person into a small boat at a wooden dock, while others watch from the water's edge. The grainy black-and-white footage shows classic 1930s clothing and a relaxed lakeside atmosphere, with gentle waves and a distant shoreline. The scene evokes nostalgia for mid-century American leisure and family outings.

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
124761732

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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Topics & Keywords

  • water
  • boat
  • friends
  • dock
  • lake
  • people
  • helping
  • woman
  • CLEAR lake california
  • 1939
  • 1939 family vacation footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • 1930s home movie
  • boat boarding scene
  • vintage lake outing
  • retro family footage
  • 8mm archival film
  • historic family moment
  • 1930s fashion
  • vintage boat ride
  • old film footage
  • nostalgic family memory
  • 8mm home movie
  • archival 1939 footage
  • classic American leisure
  • vintage dock scene
  • black and white home movie
  • 1930s California life
  • family boat trip

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s California lakeside leisure, family travel, boating, or home-movie inserts in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail
The wide-brim hats, patterned dress, small open boat, and simple wooden dock may show late-1930s recreational clothing and lake outing habits.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has unstaged home-movie value as people casually help one another around a dock and boat while others sit or watch nearby.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a lake surface, distant shoreline, small boat, wooden dock posts, seated adults, wide-brim hats, and patterned summer clothing.
Film character
Black-and-white 8mm texture shows visible grain, soft focus, edge shadows, and slight handheld framing consistent with amateur home-movie filming.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, transition, or establishing insert for family recreation and boating at a lake.
Historical context
The scene reflects an informal American leisure outing at Clear Lake, with adults gathered at a dock and boat rather than a staged public event.
Research note
People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depiction rights.
Research search match
Searches this may match include 1939 8mm Clear Lake California boating, 1930s family dock home movie, vintage lake outing, and woman helped into boat.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Clear Lake 1939 footage, then broader 1930s California boating or family vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Clear Lake home-movie frame from 1939 showing three adults in hats near the water, with the distant shoreline behind them.
Three hat-wearing adults are partly framed against the lake and distant shore.
At Clear Lake in 1939, a woman in a wide-brimmed hat and patterned skirt appears to help another person into a small boat by the dock.
A woman leans over a small boat at the dock while helping another person aboard.
Clear Lake dock scene from 1939 with two adults seated by the water and a woman in a hat standing near the dock edge.
Two people sit on the dock as a woman stands near them by the lake.
A 1939 Clear Lake home-movie frame shows adults gathered on a wooden dock, with one person seated at the right and others near the water.
Adults gather on the dock beside the lake, with posts and open water in view.

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