Santa Cruz California-1949: Old Man in Forest, Women Painting by River

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationSanta Cruz, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 California

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Old Man in Forest, Women Painting by River — Clip Details

SANTA CRUZ CALIFORNIA-1949: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a man in a white shirt and light pants standing in a sun-dappled forest, his hand on his hip as he looks toward the camera. The scene shifts to two women in period dresses sitting on rocks beside a river, one painting at an easel while the other chats and smiles. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic 1940s outdoor leisure moment. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring mid-century American life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125298059

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 1660 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1949
Reel-level location note: del mar, california,chicago
Date: 1949 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: Santa Cruz, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s California home-movie requests needing outdoor leisure, forest, riverside art, or family-memory material for documentary and editorial sequences.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, and informal outdoor poses support a late-1940s reading, with Santa Cruz, California supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves casual, unstaged moments: a man noticing the camera and two women relaxing by the water while one appears to paint at an easel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bald man in a white shirt, dense trees, sunlit forest shade, two seated women, rocks, a riverbank, and a wooden easel.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm texture, warm color, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that give the footage its home-movie archival character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, outdoor cutaway, transition between family scenes, or insert for mid-century leisure and art-making.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal outdoor recreation and social time in a natural setting, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific site or event.
Research note: Visible faces and likeness rights may require review; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance should be handled separately from people or property issues.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s 8mm Santa Cruz home movies, women painting by a river, forest leisure footage, and mid-century California family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1949 Santa Cruz material, then broader 1940s California outdoor leisure or art scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Santa Cruz, California 1949 home-movie footage, a man in a white shirt stands among trees and looks toward the camera. — A man stands in dappled forest light, turned toward the camera.

A man stands outdoors in wooded Santa Cruz scenery, with strong sunlight and soft 8mm exposure around his white shirt. — The man remains standing near the trees, framed by dark foliage.

Two women in period dresses sit beside a river in the 1949 Santa Cruz home movie, with one near a wooden easel. — Two women sit by the riverbank as an easel stands at the left edge of frame.

The riverside scene continues with two seated women, one looking back toward the camera, beside rocks and shaded water. — One woman turns toward the camera while the pair sit near the shaded river.

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