Lake Tahoe California-1939: Sign Denoting Carson Spur Elevation 8100 Feet

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

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Sign Denoting Carson Spur Elevation 8100 Feet — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a white sign marking Carson Spur at an elevation of 8100 feet in the Lake Tahoe, California wilderness. The sign stands against a backdrop of dark pine trees and a rocky outcrop under a deep blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and slight camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century mountain travel and natural scenery.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127013673

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Lake Tahoe, 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 archive requests needing a brief mountain-road travel insert, Sierra Nevada location marker, or Lake Tahoe-area wilderness cutaway.
Period detail: The roadside elevation sign, 8mm color handling, and visitor framing support a late-1930s home-movie reading, with the Carson Spur wording visible in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot travel perspective, pausing first on the elevation sign and then turning toward the rocky slope and distant forested ridges.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Carson Spur sign, white signposts, dark pine silhouettes, large rocks, pale mountain slope, blue sky, and distant wooded ridges.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, saturated blue color shifts, soft focus, edge vignetting, and slight handheld instability consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, road-trip transition, mountain pass cutaway, or memory beat within a Lake Tahoe or Sierra travel sequence.
Historical context: The view documents a recreational mountain-travel stop, emphasizing roadside signage and scenic terrain rather than people, vehicles, or built development.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or sign-identification needs.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Lake Tahoe home movie, Carson Spur elevation sign, Sierra Nevada mountain pass, vintage California road trip, and rocky wilderness view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Lake Tahoe or Carson Spur material, then broader vintage Sierra Nevada travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Lake Tahoe-area frame showing a white Carson Spur elevation 8100 feet sign against rocks, pines, and blue sky. — Carson Spur elevation sign stands above a rocky roadside outcrop.

White Carson Spur elevation sign in a Lake Tahoe-area mountain setting, with pine shadows, rocks, and a deep blue sky. — The sign marking Carson Spur is held in a steady home-movie shot.

1939 Lake Tahoe-area view across a rocky slope, scattered pines, pale terrain, and distant forested ridges under blue sky. — The camera shifts from the sign to the surrounding mountain terrain.

Lake Tahoe-area mountain view with layered rocks, a pine at frame edge, distant wooded hills, and visible 8mm film grain. — A scenic cutaway shows rocks and forested ridges beyond the roadside stop.

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