Lake Tahoe California-1939: Picture Of A Lake With Trees Around It And Sunny

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

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

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Picture Of A Lake With Trees Around It And Sunny — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene at Lake Tahoe, California. Tall evergreen trees line the shore, their reflections shimmering on the calm, sunlit water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and a slightly faded color palette, with vibrant greens and a deep blue sky. The camera remains steady, offering a peaceful, timeless view of nature. This archival clip evokes nostalgia and is ideal for historical documentaries, nature projects, or vintage-themed content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127013809

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: 1930s 8mm lakeside nature footage for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing a quiet Lake Tahoe establishing view.
Period detail: The scene may show a prewar-era visitor home movie, with no visible cars, buildings, clothing, signs, or landmarks to refine the date beyond the supplied 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the shoreline from a visitor's viewpoint, valuing the still water, trees, and reflection rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm lake surface, evergreen shoreline, bright sky, tree reflections, a pale shore strip, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, blue-green saturation, and steady home-movie exposure shifts as archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, reflective transition, nature cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a western travel or family-history sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents leisure-era landscape observation at Lake Tahoe, while the frames themselves show only the natural shoreline and water.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location rights, and any broader reel context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 8mm Lake Tahoe shoreline, vintage California lake home movie, evergreen lake reflection footage, and 1930s nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Lake Tahoe material, then broader vintage lake, forest, travel, or California nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing evergreens along a still lakeshore under bright sky. — Evergreen shoreline and calm reflected water at Lake Tahoe.

Lake Tahoe shoreline in 1939 8mm footage, with dense evergreens reflected in quiet water. — Dense trees and still water along the lakeshore.

Vintage 8mm view of a forested Lake Tahoe edge, with water reflections and sunlit shore. — Sunlit shoreline detail beneath tall evergreens.

1939 Lake Tahoe frame showing evergreen forest across still water, framed by dark 8mm edges. — Evergreen forest reflected across the lake surface.

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