Auburn California-1939: Vintage Family Gathering Outdoors

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

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Vintage Family Gathering Outdoors — Clip Details

Auburn California-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a family gathering outdoors, with adults seated at a table under leafy trees. The scene shows a woman in a purple dress reaching across the table, while others in period clothing enjoy a meal. The footage has the warm, slightly faded color palette and grain of 8mm film, with natural sunlight filtering through the leaves. The atmosphere is relaxed and nostalgic, evoking mid-20th century domestic 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: 127013160

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: Supports 1930s home-movie requests for family meal, outdoor social gathering, and domestic leisure footage for documentary or museum use.
Period detail: Visible period clues include formal adult dress, wicker-style outdoor seating, amber tableware, and a shaded garden meal setting that may show late-1930s family life.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal gestures: adults talk, turn toward one another, and reach across the table during an unstaged outdoor meal.
What appears in frame: The frames show adults seated around a table, leafy trees, wicker chairs, plates, glasses, serving items, and dappled sunlight across the group.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, warm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, domestic-life insert, or transition into family, food, aging, or California home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for a private outdoor family meal in Auburn, California, without making claims beyond the visible gathering.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Auburn California home movie, 8mm family lunch outdoors, vintage garden meal, and adults at table under trees.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Auburn or 1939 California material, then with broader family gathering and outdoor meal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Auburn, California home-movie frame from 1939 showing adults seated at a shaded outdoor meal table. — Adults gather around a table outdoors beneath leafy shade.

A 1939 Auburn outdoor family meal frame with adults seated near wicker chairs and amber glasses. — Seated adults converse beside a shaded table and wicker seating.

Auburn, California family gathering frame showing adults at a garden table, including a woman in purple reaching forward. — A woman in purple reaches across the table during the outdoor meal.

1939 Auburn home-movie frame of adults gathered at a shaded garden table with serving items and glasses. — The group continues their meal around the shaded outdoor table.

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