Auburn California-1939: Three People Sit On Porch With Dog And Knitting

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

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Three People Sit On Porch With Dog And Knitting — Clip Details

Auburn California-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a quiet moment with three people seated on a porch. An older woman in a floral dress knits while a man in a light shirt sits beside her. A young woman in a blue dress holds a cocker spaniel, which later moves across the frame. The scene unfolds in warm, sun-drenched tones with natural film grain and slight color fading, evoking a nostalgic 1930s Americana atmosphere. The subjects share a relaxed, intimate moment in a simple outdoor setting with vertical slat siding in the background.

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: 127013656

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: 1930s Auburn, California home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet domestic porch moment with adults, a pet dog, and casual handiwork.
Period detail: The clothing, porch seating, vertical slat backdrop, and metadata-supported 1939 date place the scene in late-1930s domestic home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the relaxed, unstaged interaction as seated adults smile, knit, hold the dog, and react to its movement on the porch.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adults, a cocker spaniel-like dog, porch chairs, floral dress, blue dress, light shirt, knitting, and vertical slat siding.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight fading, and minor handheld variation typical of physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a family-life insert, pet cutaway, porch-memory beat, or gentle transition within a 1930s domestic sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows informal social time at home in Auburn, with adults gathered outdoors around knitting and a pet rather than a staged public event.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are apparent, but copyright and any property or privacy issues remain separate checks.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1939 Auburn California home movie, 1930s family porch with dog, vintage 8mm knitting scene, and Depression-era domestic leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Auburn 1939 material, then related 1930s home scenes with pets, porch seating, or handiwork.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Auburn, California home-movie footage, two seated women smile beside a dog held on a shaded porch. — Two women sit with a dog on a shaded porch.

A man and older woman sit together on the Auburn porch as she handles knitting and the dog moves near her lap. — A seated man watches as the older woman works with yarn and the dog shifts nearby.

Three adults in the 1939 Auburn porch scene laugh and react while the dog stretches across their seated group. — The dog sprawls across the seated group as the adults react warmly.

The man holds the dog close as the older woman adjusts her glasses in this Auburn 1939 home-movie frame. — The man steadies the dog while the older woman adjusts her glasses.

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