Lake Tahoe California-1939: View Of Mountains Green Trees And Blue Sky On A

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

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View Of Mountains Green Trees And Blue Sky On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of Lake Tahoe, California. The clip opens with a framed view through pine trees, revealing a calm blue lake and distant mountains under a clear sky. As the camera pans slightly, a rocky shoreline comes into focus, dotted with evergreen trees and a small cabin nestled among the pines. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 color saturation and film grain, evoking a nostalgic 1930s outdoor vacation atmosphere. This archival clip is ideal for historical documentaries, nature montages, or retro-themed projects.

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: 127014252

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 Lake Tahoe 8mm home-movie scenery for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing a quiet mountain lake establishing view.
Period detail: The footage may show period vacation scenery through its 8mm color look, simple shoreline cabins, and undeveloped pine-covered terrain rather than identifiable dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor's viewpoint, lingering through trees and panning gently across the lake and rocky shore without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, tall pine trees, distant mountains, rocky shoreline, small cabins, clear sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld movement, and gate-edge shadows that contribute archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a scenic insert, location transition, vacation-memory beat, or calm nature cutaway within a 1930s archival sequence.
Historical context: The view places Lake Tahoe within a recreational mountain landscape, emphasizing forested shoreline and water access without showing people or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any cabin or shoreline property questions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Lake Tahoe home movie, 1930s California mountain lake, 8mm pine forest shoreline, and vintage vacation lake scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with other 1939 Lake Tahoe material, then with California mountain, lake, forest, or vacation travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing pine trunks and branches around blue water and distant mountain slopes. — Pines frame the lake and distant mountains in a quiet Tahoe landscape view.

1939 Lake Tahoe shoreline view with evergreen trees, rocky outcrops, small cabins, and blue water in the foreground. — A rocky pine-covered shoreline with cabins comes into view beside the lake.

1939 Lake Tahoe frame showing dense pines, rocky lakeside terrain, small cabins, and distant mountain slopes. — The camera holds on the wooded shoreline, cabins, rocks, and mountain backdrop.

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie view of cabins among evergreens on a rocky shoreline with blue lake water below. — Cabins sit among evergreens above rocky points along the lake edge.

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