Auburn California-1939: Family Picnic With Food And Laughter

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationAuburn, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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Family Picnic With Food And Laughter — Clip Details

Auburn California-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a joyful family picnic in a sun-drenched outdoor setting. An older woman in a patterned blouse laughs while eating, her glasses catching the light, as a man in a light-colored shirt enjoys a meal beside her. The footage shows natural, unposed moments of shared food and conversation, with lush greenery in the background. Shot on 8mm film, the clip features warm color tones, film grain, and the authentic charm of a mid-20th century family gathering.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127013266

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 family-life, food, and outdoor leisure requests for documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions needing authentic home-movie picnic material.
Period detail: The clothing, tableware, outdoor meal setting, and 8mm color home-movie texture fit the supplied 1939 Auburn, California metadata without showing identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in unstaged eating, laughter, glances toward the camera, and informal family proximity around a picnic table.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults seated outdoors, hands holding food, a patterned blouse, light button-up shirts, plates or dishes, a small can or jar, leafy shade, and bright grass.
Film character: The clip has warm color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of original 8mm family footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, family-meal insert, picnic cutaway, or transition into themes of food, kinship, and outdoor leisure.
Historical context: The footage documents a casual family picnic scene and may show everyday social habits around shared food in late-1930s California home movies.
Research note: Visible adult faces and likenesses require review, while no logos, minors, music, or private property are apparent from the supplied frames.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 Auburn California picnic, 1930s family eating outdoors, vintage 8mm home movie meal, and Depression-era family leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family scenes, then Auburn or 1939 California material, then broader 1930s outdoor picnic and home-movie family themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1939 Auburn, California home-movie footage, an older woman laughs at a shaded picnic table while holding food. — An older woman laughs during an outdoor family picnic.

A man in a light button-up shirt eats at a shaded picnic table in the supplied 1939 Auburn, California family footage. — A seated man eats during the picnic as another adult sits nearby.

The man faces the camera while eating at a shaded outdoor table, with another seated adult partly visible beside him. — A picnic guest looks toward the camera while taking a bite.

At the outdoor family picnic, the seated man raises his hand to his mouth while another adult sits beside him in partial view. — A seated man continues eating during the shaded picnic scene.

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