Clear Lake California-1939: Camera Captures People Going Out Into The Water On A Boat

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

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Camera Captures People Going Out Into The Water On A Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at Clear Lake, California, with people enjoying a boating outing. A woman in a wide-brimmed hat sits on a dock, while others board a small motorboat on the calm water. The grainy black-and-white footage shows individuals in period attire, including sailor-style hats, as they prepare for a leisurely ride. The scene exudes a nostalgic, mid-century American lakeside atmosphere, with gentle ripples on the water and a distant shoreline under a bright sky. This authentic archival clip offers a glimpse into 1930s recreational life, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124761734

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 American lakeside recreation requests needing authentic home-movie boating footage from Clear Lake, California.
Period detail: Wide-brimmed hats, sailor-style caps, modest swim or summer clothing, and small open boats support a late-1930s leisure setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an informal family or vacation viewpoint as people sit near the dock, board a small boat, and move out across the lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman seated near a dock, small motorboats, hat-wearing passengers, open water, distant shoreline, and bright sky.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm image has pronounced grain, soft focus, frame-edge vignetting, and handheld exposure shifts typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, lake outing cutaway, transition into vacation memory, or texture shot for Depression-era leisure.
Historical context: The footage shows recreational boating and shoreline social life without identifying specific people, boats, or events beyond the supplied Clear Lake metadata.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed while copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Researcher phrases include 1939 Clear Lake California boating, 1930s 8mm lake vacation, vintage home movie boat outing, and prewar American leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1939 Clear Lake scenes, then broader 1930s boating and lakeside recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Clear Lake, California, a woman in a wide-brimmed hat sits near a dock while people in a small boat wait on the water. — Boat passengers gather near the dock as a woman sits in the foreground.

A soft 8mm frame shows a small boat on Clear Lake moving near a seated woman in a wide-brimmed hat by the water. — A boat moves close to shore while the seated woman remains near the dock.

The camera shifts close and soft, catching the brim of a hat and partial figures near the lakeside setting. — The handheld camera briefly loses focus during the lakeside activity.

Two small boats with passengers travel across Clear Lake, with rippled water and a low shoreline in the distance. — Small boats move away across the lake toward the distant shoreline.

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