Lake Tahoe California-1939: Old Footage Of Mountain Lake Surrounded By Trees

$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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Old Footage Of Mountain Lake Surrounded By Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene mountain lake in Lake Tahoe, California. The footage reveals a vibrant blue lake surrounded by tall pine trees and rocky shores, with snow-capped peaks visible in the distance under a clear sky. The camera pans slowly across the landscape, showcasing the natural beauty of the Sierra Nevada. The film exhibits characteristic 8mm grain, slight color shifts, and dark borders, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century outdoor recreation and archival nature footage.

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: 127014113

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: Useful for 1930s archival nature requests needing Lake Tahoe or Sierra Nevada mountain-lake scenery as documentary, educational, or editorial B-roll.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm home-movie views of a rocky pine shoreline and distant snow patches, with the 1939 date supported by clip metadata rather than visible signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, slowly surveying a scenic lake from shore without people, vehicles, or organized activity in view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include deep blue lake water, rocky shorelines, tall conifer trees, forested slopes, distant snow-capped peaks, clear sky, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color shift, dark edge borders, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic insert, geographic transition, outdoor memory beat, or quiet cutaway in a sequence about Lake Tahoe or mountain recreation.
Historical context: The views place mid-century home-movie attention on mountain scenery and outdoor travel, while the frames themselves do not show people, facilities, or dated signs.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and location or land-use context for their project.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1930s 8mm Lake Tahoe footage, vintage Sierra Nevada lake scenery, archival mountain lake home movie, and pine shoreline stock film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Tahoe landscape shots, then with 1939 Lake Tahoe material, and then with broader vintage mountain lake or Sierra Nevada nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing blue water, rocky foreground, tall pines, forested slopes, and snow patches on distant peaks. — Blue lake water and rocky pine shoreline with distant snow-capped mountains.

Lake Tahoe shoreline in a 1939 8mm frame, with blue water, rocks, pine trees, forested ridges, and pale snow on distant peaks. — Pine-covered rocky shore across blue water, with snow visible in the distance.

1939 Lake Tahoe frame looking past blue water toward a rocky pine shoreline and snow-streaked mountains in the background. — Rocky shoreline and tall trees frame the lake, with snow patches beyond.

Lake Tahoe 1939 8mm frame showing a rocky pine shoreline beside blue water, with a small dock-like structure near the right edge. — Rocky pine shoreline along blue water, with a small dock-like structure at right.

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