Auburn California-1939: Vintage 8mm Footage of Older Men and Woman Eating Outdoors

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

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Vintage 8mm Footage of Older Men and Woman Eating Outdoors — Clip Details

Auburn California-1939: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures two older men seated outdoors on a sunny day, one in a light blue button-down shirt and the other in a white short-sleeve shirt holding a glass. The scene shifts to an older woman in a blue floral dress, focused on eating or preparing food at a table under dappled sunlight. The film shows natural color fading, slight grain, and the characteristic frame edges of 8mm home movie footage, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment from the late 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: 127013302

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 home-movie requests needing a brief outdoor meal or family-gathering insert from Auburn, California.
Period detail: The clothing, table setting, color 8mm look, and metadata-supported 1939 date place the scene in a late-1930s domestic leisure context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the candid, unstaged behavior as older adults eat, handle utensils, and react casually to the camera outdoors.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two older men, an older woman, a shaded outdoor table, plates, a spoon, a drinking glass, trees, and dappled lawn light.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm texture with visible frame edges, warm color fading, grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition within sequences about family meals, aging relatives, or prewar everyday life.
Historical context: The footage documents a private outdoor meal or picnic-like moment, showing ordinary social time rather than a public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; copyright status and any model releases should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Auburn California home movie, older adults eating outdoors, vintage 8mm family meal, and late-1930s picnic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel family scenes, then other 1939 Auburn footage, then broader vintage home movies of outdoor meals.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two older men sit at an outdoor table in Auburn, California, in 1939 home-movie footage. — Two older men sit at a shaded outdoor table during a daytime meal.

Older woman in a blue floral dress smiles beside plates at an outdoor table in 1939 Auburn home-movie footage. — An older woman smiles while seated at an outdoor table under trees.

Older woman in a blue floral dress looks down and works with a spoon or food at an outdoor table in Auburn, California. — The woman focuses on food or utensils at the shaded table.

Older woman faces the camera while seated at a shaded outdoor table in 1939 Auburn, California footage. — The woman turns toward the camera during the outdoor meal.

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