Lake Tahoe California-1939: View Of Hills And Blue Lake Water On A Clear Sunny Day

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationLake Tahoe, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 California

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View Of Hills And Blue Lake Water On A Clear Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of Lake Tahoe, California, with calm blue waters stretching toward distant tree-covered hills under a clear sky. The footage, framed by dark borders typical of Super 8 film, shows subtle camera movement as the lens glides across the landscape, capturing the natural beauty of the Sierra Nevada region. The image exhibits the characteristic color shifts and grain of early 20th-century home movies, with deep blue tones dominating the water and sky. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American outdoor life and landscape.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127014158

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s California landscape requests needing brief archival home-movie views of Lake Tahoe water, wooded hills, and clear-weather outdoor scenery.
Period detail: The 8mm color film texture and home-movie framing support the 1939 metadata, though the visible landscape itself has few date-specific clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on water and shoreline hills rather than staging people or events.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, distant wooded ridges, pale sky, shoreline trees, a treetop close view, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows dense blue color shift, soft focus, grain, gate borders, and slight handheld drift consistent with scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a scenic insert, quiet transition, location-establishing cutaway, or memory beat for Sierra Nevada travel material.
Historical context: The view places leisure travel in a natural lakeside setting, showing the landscape as a home-movie subject without visible crowds or development detail.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any broader location or property questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Lake Tahoe footage, vintage California lake views, Sierra Nevada home movies, and archival blue-water landscape cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then with other 1939 Lake Tahoe or California footage, then with vintage lake and mountain scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing nearby treetops against a saturated blue sky, with heavy film borders visible. — Treetops and clear sky appear at the start of the Lake Tahoe landscape shot.

1939 Lake Tahoe frame looking across blue water toward dark wooded hills and a pale clear sky. — Lake water stretches toward distant tree-covered hills under clear daylight.

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie view of rippled blue water, low shoreline trees, and layered hills in the distance. — A wide view holds on the lake surface with shoreline trees and hills beyond.

Final 1939 Lake Tahoe frame showing blue water in the foreground and a dark tree-lined shoreline below distant hills. — The shot ends on blue water, shoreline trees, and distant Sierra Nevada hills.

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