Auburn California-1939: Family Gathers Outside For Summer Meal

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationAuburn, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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Family Gathers Outside For Summer Meal — Clip Details

Auburn California-1939: A family gathers outdoors on a hot summer day, sharing a meal at a table under leafy trees. A woman in a purple dress with a white belt sits at the table, while men in light-colored shirts eat and converse. The scene captures a relaxed, sun-drenched picnic with food, drinks, and casual conversation. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie shows natural color and film grain, evoking nostalgia for mid-century American family 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127013151

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: Auburn, 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 Auburn, California home-movie requests needing an outdoor family meal, summer gathering, or domestic leisure cutaway for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip shows period casual clothing, glass bottles, simple tableware, and a shaded outdoor meal setting consistent with late-1930s home-movie documentation.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, unstaged exchange as adults eat, pass items, and sit together at a table under trees.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include seated adults, a woman in a purple dress with a white belt, men in light shirts, a tablecloth, plates, bottles, food, and leafy shade.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, warm color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, memory beat, or transition for family life, summer dining, intergenerational gatherings, or prewar California domestic scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents a casual outdoor meal among adults and offers social context for family leisure and shared food in a private home-movie setting.
Research note: Visible adult faces may require likeness review, and copyright, privacy, and any location or property questions should be assessed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1930s 8mm family picnic, Auburn California home movie, outdoor summer meal, vintage family gathering, and adults eating under trees.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Auburn 1939 material, then with broader home-movie themes of family meals and summer leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Auburn, California in 1939, adults sit at a shaded outdoor table with plates, food, and bottles during a family meal. — Adults gather around a shaded outdoor table for a summer meal.

A 1939 Auburn home-movie frame shows adults seated around a table under trees, with food, bottles, and tableware visible. — Family members eat and converse around the outdoor table.

The Auburn, California home movie shows a woman in purple seated at a shaded meal table with adults, plates, bottles, and food nearby. — A seated woman reaches toward the table during the outdoor meal.

In the 1939 Auburn outdoor meal scene, adults sit beneath trees while a person in a blue shirt raises an item near the table. — Adults share food and gestures across the shaded table.

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