Auburn California-1939: Older Lady Smiling While Enjoying Outdoor Lunch

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

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Older Lady Smiling While Enjoying Outdoor Lunch — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Auburn, California, in 1939, showing an older woman in a floral dress and glasses enjoying a sunny outdoor lunch. She smiles warmly while eating from a plate, her hand holding a fork mid-bite. The scene is bathed in natural light, with lush green foliage in the background, capturing a candid moment of domestic joy. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American family memory.

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: 127013260

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 American home-movie requests needing a candid outdoor family lunch or older adult domestic-life cutaway.
Period detail: The floral dress, glasses, table setting and 8mm color home-movie texture support a late-1930s domestic picnic or yard-lunch setting.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears relaxed and amused as she lifts a fork during lunch, giving the clip an unstaged family-memory quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older woman, eyeglasses, floral dress, fork, plate, drinking glass, shaded table edge and green foliage.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, uneven exposure and slight handheld framing that add authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a warm insert, memory beat or domestic-life cutaway within a sequence about family, aging or everyday leisure.
Historical context: The scene shows an informal outdoor meal in Auburn, California, offering visual context for private family recreation without broader social claims.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed separately from any copyright or footage license assessment.
Research search match: Search matches include 1939 Auburn California home movie, older woman eating lunch, outdoor family meal, vintage 8mm picnic footage and candid domestic life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Auburn 1939 family scenes, then broader 1930s outdoor lunch or home-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Older woman in glasses and a floral dress sits at an outdoor lunch table in Auburn, California, 1939. — An older woman sits in shade during an outdoor lunch, holding a fork near her plate.

Smiling older woman in a floral dress holds a fork during an outdoor meal in Auburn, California, 1939. — The woman smiles while holding her fork above the lunch table.

Older woman in glasses raises a fork toward her mouth during a shaded outdoor lunch in Auburn, California, 1939. — She raises the fork to eat as sunlight and foliage fill the background.

Older woman smiles as she lifts a fork above a plate at an outdoor lunch table in Auburn, California, 1939. — The woman smiles mid-bite with her plate and glass visible on the table.

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