Lake Tahoe California-1939: Woman Washing Dog on Porch

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

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Woman Washing Dog on Porch — Clip Details

A woman in a light blue dress sits on a wooden porch in Lake Tahoe, California, in 1939, gently washing a golden-colored dog with soap and water from a bowl. The 8mm home movie footage captures the tender moment in warm, slightly faded colors, with the dog standing patiently as she rubs its fur. The scene is set against a rustic cabin with a window and laundry hanging inside, evoking a nostalgic, everyday life from the late 1930s. The film shows natural grain and slight color shifts typical of vintage Super 8 footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127014053

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: 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 home-life edits needing an intimate Lake Tahoe cabin moment with a woman caring for a dog on a porch.
Period detail: The rustic wood siding, simple porch bench, wash bowl, and clothing may show everyday late-1930s vacation or cabin life.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged domestic gesture as the woman calmly washes and handles the dog while it shifts on the porch.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated woman, golden-colored dog, wooden porch, bowl or basin, cabin wall, window, bench, and hanging fabric.
Film character: The 8mm image has warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and a steady home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, domestic cutaway, pet-care memory beat, or transition within a family archive sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows an ordinary human-animal care moment in a rustic Lake Tahoe setting without evidence of a public event or named landmark.
Research note: A recognizable adult face and private cabin setting may require likeness and property review separate from copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Lake Tahoe home movie, woman washing dog, 8mm cabin porch footage, and vintage pet care scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel cabin or family scenes, then Lake Tahoe 1939 material, then broader 1930s pet and domestic life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Lake Tahoe home-movie footage from 1939, a woman sits on a cabin porch and reaches toward a golden-colored dog. — A woman begins washing or handling a dog on a rustic cabin porch.

A woman in a light blue dress tends to a golden-colored dog on a Lake Tahoe cabin porch in 1939 footage. — The dog stands near the seated woman as she handles it on the porch.

The woman steadies the golden-colored dog upright during a porch washing scene in 1939 Lake Tahoe footage. — The dog rises on its hind legs while the woman holds it close.

A woman reaches over the dog with a bowl nearby during the 1939 Lake Tahoe cabin porch washing moment. — The woman reaches over the dog as the porch washing continues.

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