Clear Lake California-1939: Women In Front Of Their Homes Smile Happily At The Camera

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

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Women In Front Of Their Homes Smile Happily At The Camera — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a patterned dress and cardigan standing in a leafy yard, smiling warmly at the camera. The scene unfolds in front of a modest house surrounded by mature trees, with natural sunlight filtering through the foliage. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and subtle camera movement, evoking a nostalgic, personal moment from a mid-20th century American neighborhood. The woman’s gentle expression and period attire reflect a quiet, everyday life in Clear Lake, California.

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: 124761775

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: Useful for 1930s home-movie requests needing an everyday California residential portrait, family-memory beat, or period neighborhood insert.
Period detail: The woman's eyeglasses, cardigan, patterned dress, modest house, and leafy yard may show late-1930s domestic style in Clear Lake, California.
Home-movie behavior: The subject stands outdoors and smiles directly at the home-movie camera, giving the clip an informal, personal greeting quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older woman, eyeglasses, patterned dress, cardigan, trees, yard plantings, and a modest house behind her.
Film character: The 8mm scan has black-and-white contrast, visible grain, soft focus, edge vignetting, and slight handheld movement typical of home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory insert, character introduction, residential cutaway, or gentle transition within a family-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers a small-scale view of domestic outdoor life, with the subject posed in a yard rather than a formal studio setting.
Research note: A recognizable face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Clear Lake home movie, older woman smiling at camera, 8mm residential yard footage, and 1930s California family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Clear Lake 1939 material, then broader 1930s home and family portrait footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Older woman in glasses and a cardigan stands outdoors in Clear Lake, California, with trees and a modest house behind her. — An older woman faces the camera in a shaded residential yard.

Smiling older woman in a cardigan appears in a leafy Clear Lake yard, with a house exterior partly visible behind her. — The woman smiles toward the camera as trees frame the yard.

Older woman smiles broadly in a shaded residential yard in Clear Lake, California, with trees and a house behind her. — The subject smiles warmly while standing in front of trees and a house.

Older woman in glasses and a light cardigan smiles at the 8mm camera in a leafy Clear Lake residential yard. — A smiling woman remains framed by trees and the house exterior.

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