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Auburn California-1939: Senior Citizen Happy Family Picnic Lunch Sunny Day

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Senior Citizen Happy Family Picnic Lunch Sunny Day — Clip Details

Auburn California-1939: A family gathers for a sunny outdoor picnic lunch in a wooded backyard. An older woman in a purple dress and white belt serves food at a table set with plates and drinks, surrounded by adults in casual 1930s attire. The scene captures warm, natural light filtering through leafy trees, with a chain-link fence visible in the background. The 8mm home movie footage shows gentle movement as family members interact, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century American 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
127013163

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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s home-movie requests needing a sunny California family picnic or domestic outdoor meal for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail
The clothing, table setting, 8mm color footage, and metadata-supported Auburn 1939 date place the scene in late-1930s American home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior
Family members sit close together, serve food, pass items, and look toward one another with the informal ease of an unstaged backyard gathering.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include adults around a picnic table, an older woman in a purple dress, plates, glasses, bottles, chairs, leafy trees, and a chain-link fence.
Film character
The clip has warm 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, dappled exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as an insert, memory beat, domestic-life cutaway, or transition into a sequence about family, aging, leisure, or California home life.
Historical context
The scene shows a multi-adult family meal outdoors, offering visual evidence of everyday social gathering and backyard leisure without implying a public event.
Research note
Faces are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, privacy, and any property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1939 Auburn California 8mm family picnic, 1930s home movie outdoor lunch, senior woman serving food, and backyard domestic gathering footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then with Auburn or 1939 California home movies, then with broader family picnic and outdoor lunch material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Auburn, California 1939 home-movie frame showing adults gathered at a shaded picnic table while an older woman in a purple dress serves food.
Family members sit at a backyard picnic table while food is passed across the group.
Auburn, California 1939 frame of a family picnic lunch with several adults seated at a table under trees, with dishes and drinks visible.
The seated group continues the outdoor meal in dappled sunlight.
Auburn, California 1939 home-movie frame with a man in suspenders leaning into a family picnic table as seated adults watch or continue eating.
A man steps into the foreground beside the picnic table during the family meal.
Auburn, California 1939 frame showing a man in suspenders seated with family around an outdoor lunch table beneath trees.
The group settles around the table as the picnic lunch continues.

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