Clear Lake California-1939: Vintage 8mm Film Of Sailboat On Lake

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

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Vintage 8mm Film Of Sailboat On Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a sailboat gliding across Clear Lake, California. The footage begins with a close-up view partially obscured by a leaf in the foreground, then pulls back to reveal the sailboat moving across the water. The grainy black-and-white image shows natural film wear, including scratches and dust, enhancing its authentic archival quality. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic summer day on the lake.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124761784

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 California lake recreation footage for documentary, museum, education or commercial edits needing a brief sailboat cutaway from real 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The small sailboat, open water horizon and black-and-white 8mm handling may show late-1930s leisure boating at Clear Lake without identifiable modern signage or infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from shore or a boat with a foreground leaf or obstruction before settling on the sailboat, preserving an informal family-film viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sailboat on open water, distant shoreline, bright lake reflections, a foreground leaf or dark obstruction, film gate edges, dust and scratches.
Film character: The clip has a grainy 8mm black-and-white texture with soft focus, uneven exposure, gate shadows, dust specks and light handheld drift.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short scenic insert, transition, memory beat or establishing cutaway for lake recreation, boating or prewar California leisure.
Historical context: As home-movie footage dated 1939, it documents quiet recreational sailing on Clear Lake while offering general visual context rather than evidence of a named event.
Research note: No people, logos or private property are visible in the supplied frames, but users should separately assess copyright status and any collection-specific restrictions.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Clear Lake California 8mm sailboat, vintage home movie lake sailing, 1930s boating footage and black-and-white lake recreation cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Clear Lake or 1939 California material, then broader vintage sailing and lakeside recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Clear Lake, California 8mm frame with a distant sailboat on open water and a dark foreground obstruction at left. — A sailboat moves across the lake while the view is partly blocked by a foreground shape.

1939 Clear Lake, California frame showing a small sailboat against a low shoreline, with 8mm gate shadows and surface wear. — The sailboat appears farther across the water with the shoreline faintly visible behind it.

1939 Clear Lake, California 8mm frame with a sailboat on sparkling water and a low shoreline in the background. — A two-sail boat crosses the sunlit lake surface under a clear, pale sky.

1939 Clear Lake, California frame showing the sailboat near center-right on reflective water with visible film wear. — The sailboat continues across the open lake, framed by dark film borders and surface marks.

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