Auburn California-1939: Three Elderly People Sitting On An Outdoor Swing And One

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

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Three Elderly People Sitting On An Outdoor Swing And One — Clip Details

Auburn California-1939: Three elderly people relax on a striped outdoor swing under a canopy, captured on vintage 8mm film. A man in a light shirt sits beside two women—one in a patterned blouse knitting, the other in blue holding a small dog. The scene radiates calm and quiet joy, with natural sunlight and soft film grain enhancing the nostalgic, home movie feel. The dog rests peacefully as the group shares a moment of leisure, embodying mid-century Americana and familial warmth.

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: 127013629

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 Northern California home-movie requests needing a quiet family leisure moment with older adults and a pet for documentary, museum, or period montage use.
Period detail: The striped porch swing, fabric canopy, informal clothing, and 8mm color home-movie look may show late-1930s domestic outdoor recreation in Auburn, California.
Home-movie behavior: The group appears relaxed and familiar, with one woman knitting, another holding a small dog, and the man smiling as they interact casually on the swing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three older adults, a striped outdoor swing, a canopy fringe, knitting in hand, a small dog, light-colored clothing, and soft daylight.
Film character: The clip has warm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and a handheld home-movie steadiness typical of scanned 8mm footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a domestic memory beat, family-life insert, or gentle transition within a sequence about aging, pets, leisure, or California home movies.
Historical context: The scene offers social context for informal family gathering and outdoor relaxation without making claims beyond the visible porch-swing setting and supplied Auburn metadata.
Research note: Faces and likenesses are visible, so copyright status, permissions, and any needed publicity or privacy review should be assessed separately before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Auburn California home movie, elderly people on porch swing, woman knitting with dog, 8mm family leisure footage, and 1930s domestic life.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Auburn 1939 footage, and then with similar home-movie scenes of family leisure, pets, and porch gatherings.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Auburn, California, 1939 home-movie footage, three older adults sit beneath a canopy on a striped porch swing while a woman knits and a small dog rests nearby. — Three older adults relax together on a striped outdoor swing as one woman knits and another holds a small dog.

Auburn, California home-movie frame from 1939 showing three older adults seated on a striped swing, with the woman in blue holding a small dog. — The group remains seated on the swing, with the small dog held at the right side of the frame.

In the 1939 Auburn home movie, the woman in blue raises the small dog beside two older adults seated on a striped outdoor swing. — The woman on the right lifts the dog as the others turn toward the moment on the swing.

A 1939 Auburn home-movie frame shows an older woman reaching toward the seated man's head as a woman in blue holds a small dog beside them. — A playful gesture toward the man's head occurs while the dog is held upright on the swing.

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