Lake Tahoe California-1939: A Sign Reading Carson Pass Fixed In The Middle Of A

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

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A Sign Reading Carson Pass Fixed In The Middle Of A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a scenic view of Lake Tahoe, California, with snow-capped mountains and a rocky island in the foreground. The clip transitions to a close-up of a white road sign reading 'CARSON PASS ELEV. 8600 FT.' set against a backdrop of pine trees and rugged hills. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 color grading with saturated blues and greens, film grain, and natural light, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American road trip. Ideal for historical documentaries, travel narratives, or archival projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127013889

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Lake Tahoe, California, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 travel footage for productions needing Lake Tahoe mountain scenery and a Carson Pass road-sign cutaway from a California road trip.
Period detail: The roadside sign typography, high-elevation pass marker, and visitor-shot mountain lake view may show late-1930s automobile tourism in the Sierra Nevada region.
Home-movie behavior: The camera treats the lake vista and road sign as travel memories, recording scenic proof of place rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue mountain lake, snow-streaked peaks, rocky shoreline, pine trees, a white Carson Pass sign, dry hills, roadside rocks, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated blues, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, geographic transition, road-trip marker, or quiet memory beat between broader Sierra Nevada or Lake Tahoe scenes.
Historical context: The clip visually connects leisure landscape filming with mountain-pass wayfinding, showing how a traveler documented both scenery and location markers.
Research note: No people are visible, but the readable Carson Pass road sign and exact place identification should be reviewed separately from copyright, likeness, or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s 8mm Lake Tahoe footage, Carson Pass road sign, Sierra Nevada travel home movie, California mountain pass, and vintage road trip scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Lake Tahoe or Carson Pass material, then broader vintage mountain-road and scenic-lake travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 8mm Lake Tahoe view with a blue lake, rocky foreground, pine trees, and snow-streaked Sierra Nevada peaks. — Scenic lake and mountain view with rocky shoreline and pines.

White road sign reading Carson Pass Elev. 8600 Ft. beside pines, rocks, and a rugged hillside in California travel footage. — Carson Pass elevation sign against rocks, trees, and hillside.

Close 8mm view of the Carson Pass elevation sign, with pine branches, rocky terrain, and dry hillside in the background. — Close view of the Carson Pass sign reading Elev. 8600 Ft.

Centered 1939 8mm frame of the Carson Pass Elev. 8600 Ft. sign in a rugged Sierra roadside setting. — Centered roadside sign for Carson Pass at 8600 feet.

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