Clear Lake California-1939: Woman in Patterned Dress Holding Hat

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

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Woman in Patterned Dress Holding Hat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a middle-aged woman standing outdoors in a wooded residential area near Clear Lake, California. She wears a patterned dress and light jacket, holding a hat in her hand, and smiles gently at the camera. The black-and-white footage shows natural movement and slight camera shake, with trees and a house visible in the background. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of amateur 8mm home movies from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & 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: 124761769

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: 1930s home-movie clip suited for documentary or museum use needing an informal adult portrait in a wooded residential setting near Clear Lake, California.
Period detail: The patterned dress, light jacket, handheld 8mm look, and simple house exterior may show late-1930s leisure or family-visit clothing and setting.
Home-movie behavior: The woman stands casually among trees, smiles toward the camera, and holds a hat, giving the shot an unstaged family-film portrait quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman, handheld hat, patterned dress, light jacket, tree trunks, leafy yard, grass, and a house in the background.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability give the clip recognizable physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, family-history insert, or transition into 1930s domestic travel or lakeside community material.
Historical context: The scene presents an adult woman outdoors in a wooded residential area, offering visual context for informal social filming before postwar home-movie conventions.
Research note: A recognizable adult face and a house exterior are visible, so likeness and property-review questions should be considered separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 8mm woman holding hat, Clear Lake California home movie, black-and-white family footage, and 1930s outdoor portrait.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Clear Lake material, then broader 1930s family, travel, and outdoor portrait footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Clear Lake home-movie footage, a woman in a patterned dress and light jacket stands in a wooded yard holding a hat. — A woman poses outdoors among trees with a house visible behind her.

The woman remains in the wooded Clear Lake setting, partially softened by motion blur and 8mm film grain. — The handheld camera catches the woman in soft focus beside trees.

A closer 1939 frame shows the smiling woman in a patterned dress and jacket, with trees and a house in the background. — The woman smiles toward the camera during the brief outdoor portrait.

The final frame shows the woman smiling in the wooded Clear Lake yard, framed by dark tree trunks and a nearby house. — A closing view holds on the smiling woman in the wooded yard.

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