Clear Lake California-1939: Woman in Polka-Dot Dress with Sailboat on Lake

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

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Woman in Polka-Dot Dress with Sailboat on Lake — Clip Details

CLEAR LAKE CALIFORNIA-1939: A woman in a polka-dot dress stands in a wooded area near a house, captured on 8mm film. The grainy black-and-white footage shows her posing as the camera remains steady, with trees framing the scene. The final frame shifts to a distant sailboat on the lake, viewed through foliage, evoking a quiet, nostalgic summer day. This vintage home movie captures a serene moment from the late 1930s, with natural lighting and authentic film texture.

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: 124761778

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: 1939 Clear Lake home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational sequences needing a late-1930s lakeside leisure and family-travel atmosphere.
Period detail: The woman's patterned dress, monochrome 8mm texture, wooded house setting, and small sailboat may show late-1930s recreational life at Clear Lake.
Home-movie behavior: The woman poses calmly for the camera in a casual outdoor setting before the reel shifts to a quiet lake view.
What appears in frame: A woman in a polka-dot dress, tall trees, a nearby house, bright grass, lake water, foreground foliage, and a distant sailboat are visible.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm grain, soft focus, high-contrast daylight, and slight frame-edge vignetting give the clip clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief memory beat, lakeside cutaway, or transition from a posed family moment to a scenic water view.
Historical context: The footage suggests a private leisure visit or residence near Clear Lake, showing outdoor clothing, wooded surroundings, and small-boat recreation.
Research note: A recognizable adult face appears, and copyright, likeness, location, and any property considerations should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s Clear Lake home movie, woman in polka-dot dress near woods, 8mm lake sailboat, and California vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Clear Lake scenes, then broader 1930s California lake or family-travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Clear Lake home-movie footage, a woman in a polka-dot dress stands in a wooded area with a house behind her. — A woman poses among trees near a lakeside house.

The woman remains posed outdoors at Clear Lake, framed by trees and a house in the background. — The posed figure stands still in the wooded yard.

The woman looks down in the wooded Clear Lake setting, with the house and sunlit grass still visible behind her. — The woman glances downward during the brief outdoor pose.

A small sailboat moves across Clear Lake in a black-and-white 8mm view partly framed by foreground leaves. — A sailboat appears on the lake beyond foreground foliage.

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