Auburn California-1939: Man Eating At Outdoor Table With Suspenders And Reading Glasses

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

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Man Eating At Outdoor Table With Suspenders And Reading... — Clip Details

A man in suspenders and reading glasses eats outdoors at a table covered with a patterned cloth, surrounded by condiment bottles and drinking glasses. Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a candid moment of a family meal in Auburn, California. The scene features natural sunlight filtering through trees, casting dappled shadows, with a woman in a patterned dress visible at the table. The footage shows slight camera movement and the characteristic grain and color fade of mid-century home movies, evoking a nostalgic, authentic slice of mid-20th century American 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: 127013353

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

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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: 1930s Auburn, California home-movie footage for productions needing a candid outdoor meal, family gathering, or everyday leisure insert.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s clothing and tableware details, including suspenders, reading glasses, patterned dress fabric, glass tumblers, and condiment bottles.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an unstaged meal moment, with a seated man eating while another adult remains partly visible across the table.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in suspenders, reading glasses, plates of food, drinking glasses, condiment bottles, a patterned tablecloth, and dappled tree shade.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, warm color fade, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement consistent with original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or domestic-life insert within a sequence about food, family gatherings, or Depression-era California leisure.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal outdoor dining in a private or family setting without supporting claims about a specific event or named people.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed separately from any copyright assessment of the archival film source.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1939 Auburn California home movie, 8mm outdoor family meal, man eating at picnic table, and vintage dining footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Auburn material, then broader clips of outdoor meals, family tables, and home-movie leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Auburn, California home-movie footage, a man in suspenders and reading glasses eats at a shaded outdoor table. — A seated man eats beside drinking glasses and table condiments under dappled shade.

The man turns slightly at the table while another adult sits partly outside the frame.

The home-movie frame shows a man at an outdoor meal in Auburn, California, surrounded by glasses, condiments, and plates. — Tabletop details fill the frame as the seated man continues eating outdoors.

A man in suspenders sits at a shaded Auburn, California table in 1939, with drinks, condiments, food, and another adult partly visible. — The final frame holds on the meal setting, with the man seated in profile amid glasses and condiments.

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