Auburn California-1939: Elderly Women Friends Picnic Outdoors Under Trees

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

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Elderly Women Friends Picnic Outdoors Under Trees — Clip Details

Auburn California-1939: Elderly women gather for a sunny outdoor picnic beneath leafy trees, sharing food and conversation at a table covered with a white cloth. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a candid moment of friendship and leisure, with women in patterned dresses and blouses laughing and eating. The warm, natural light and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, intimate atmosphere of mid-century domestic life. This vintage home movie offers authentic archival footage of everyday social gatherings in the 1930s.

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: 127013157

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

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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 U.S. home-movie requests needing candid leisure, elder friendship, outdoor dining, or small social gatherings in Northern California.
Period detail: The women’s patterned dresses, table setting, glassware, and 8mm color home-movie look support a late-1930s domestic picnic setting, consistent with the 1939 Auburn metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the relaxed, unstaged interaction as women sit, talk, smile, and serve food at a shaded outdoor table.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include women seated around a white tablecloth, amber drinking glasses, plates, serving dishes, leafy tree shade, wicker seating, and sunlit grass beyond.
Film character: Soft focus, warm color, uneven exposure, visible grain, and contact-sheet framing give the clip a tactile 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, family-history insert, or transition into material about friendship, aging, meals, or everyday leisure.
Historical context: The scene shows a small outdoor social meal among adult women, offering visual context for informal domestic leisure without implying a public event or named gathering.
Research note: People’s faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed separately from copyright; no logos, minors, or private interiors are apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Auburn California 8mm picnic footage, elderly women friends outdoors, vintage home movie meal under trees, and 1930s social gathering.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Auburn 1939 material, then with related 1930s home-movie scenes of picnics, women’s gatherings, and outdoor meals.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Auburn, California in 1939, women sit at a shaded picnic table with amber glasses, plates, and serving dishes visible. — Women gather around a shaded picnic table with food and drinks.

A 1939 Auburn picnic scene shows women seated beneath trees, with tableware and drinks spread across a white cloth. — A woman looks toward the camera as others continue sitting at the picnic table.

Women at an Auburn, California outdoor picnic sit in dappled shade beside plates, glasses, and a wicker chair. — Women talk across the table during a shaded outdoor meal.

The final frame shows women seated at a 1939 Auburn picnic table, partly shaded by trees, with wicker seating and tableware visible. — A wicker chair frames the picnic table as the women remain seated in conversation.

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