Lake Tahoe California-1939: Person Resting on Cabin Porch

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

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Person Resting on Cabin Porch — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment at a rustic cabin in Lake Tahoe, California. A person in a wide-brimmed straw hat sits on the porch, resting beside a green door and a checkered blanket. The cabin, surrounded by tall pine trees under a clear blue sky, exudes a peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere. The footage shows subtle movement as the person shifts slightly, embodying a classic 1930s leisure scene. Warm, saturated colors and natural film grain enhance the authentic, archival quality of this historic home movie.

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: 127014076

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.

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

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-movie requests needing a quiet Lake Tahoe cabin leisure moment, especially as documentary or museum context for vacation routines.
Period detail: The rustic cabin, simple porch furniture, straw hat, and 8mm color home-movie look may show late-1930s vacation style without identifying a specific property.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged pause as a person rests or dozes on a cabin porch, shifting slightly while the camera holds a visitor's view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small cabin facade, green door, checkered blanket on a bench, straw hat, porch platform, pine trunks, dark roofline, and blue sky.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame edges that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm cutaway, memory beat, or transition between travel, summer lodging, and outdoor recreation sequences.
Historical context: The scene suggests informal leisure at a lakeside or mountain cabin setting in Lake Tahoe, with no visible signage or landmark confirming the exact site.
Research note: A person and cabin exterior are visible, so likeness and property context should be reviewed separately from any copyright or footage licensing questions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Lake Tahoe home movie, rustic cabin porch, person napping, vintage vacation footage, and 1930s outdoor leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lake Tahoe 1939 cabin or nature footage, then broader 1930s vacation rest scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing a person resting on a rustic cabin porch near a green door and checkered blanket. — A straw-hatted person rests on the porch of a small rustic cabin.

A 1939 Lake Tahoe cabin porch scene with a straw-hatted person resting beside a green door and bench blanket. — The person sits quietly beneath a wide straw hat beside the cabin entrance.

Lake Tahoe 1939 home-movie frame of a person leaning forward on a small cabin porch under pine trees. — The resting figure shifts forward on the porch as the camera holds the cabin view.

Late-1930s Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing a straw-hatted person leaning on a rustic cabin porch near a green door. — The figure leans down near the porch edge, with the cabin facade and blanket behind them.

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