Lake Tahoe California-1939: Towering Pine Tree Against Blue Sky

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

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Towering Pine Tree Against Blue Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage clip captures a towering pine tree silhouetted against a clear blue sky at Lake Tahoe, California. The frame shows a rugged rock formation in the lower left, with the tree's dense, dark foliage creating a striking contrast. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation typical of the era, with a slightly faded, nostalgic quality. The static shot emphasizes the natural grandeur of the Sierra Nevada landscape, evoking a sense of quiet wilderness and mid-century Americana.

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: 127013917

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 nature footage for documentary or educational edits needing a quiet Lake Tahoe forest cutaway or Sierra Nevada landscape insert.
Period detail: The scene may show prewar-era visitor-shot 8mm footage, with no visible vehicles, people, signage, or built landmarks to date it beyond the supplied 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a home-movie traveler pausing to record a tall pine and rock outcrop rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a towering pine, dark evergreen foliage, clear blue sky, pale rock face, shadowed tree trunks, and black film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated blue color, soft focus, visible grain, slight gate edge shadowing, and steady framing that gives useful archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature cutaway, location-establishing insert, quiet transition, or memory beat within a Lake Tahoe or California travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage records a scenic outdoor view consistent with home-movie travel in the Lake Tahoe area, without visible social activity or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-based permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 Lake Tahoe 8mm pine tree footage, vintage California forest home movie, and 1930s Sierra Nevada nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Lake Tahoe material, then broader vintage California forest and mountain landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame showing tall pine trees silhouetted against blue sky beside a pale rock outcrop. — Tall pines rise above a light rock face in a static Lake Tahoe forest view.

1939 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame with dense evergreen branches, dark trunks, blue sky, and a rocky slope at the left edge. — Evergreen branches and trunks dominate the frame above a rugged rock formation.

1939 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame showing a tall pine and surrounding evergreens beside a sunlit rock face. — A vertical pine trunk stands amid dense foliage near a light-colored rock outcrop.

1939 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame with pine branches and dark trunks set against a clear blue sky, with rock visible at left. — Dark pine silhouettes frame a clear sky while the rock outcrop remains at the left edge.

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