Lake Tahoe California-1939: Evergreen Trees Lining The Lakeshore With Cabin And Mountains

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

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Evergreen Trees Lining The Lakeshore With Cabin And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene at Lake Tahoe, California. Tall evergreen trees line the rocky shore of the deep blue lake, with a small cabin nestled among the pines. In the distance, snow-dusted mountains rise under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of a peaceful mountain retreat from the late 1930s.

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: 127014272

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 8mm Lake Tahoe home-movie scenery for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing alpine lakeshore atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s vacation scenery through its 8mm color stock, rustic lakeside cabin, undeveloped rocky shore, and dense evergreen setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds and shifts between scenic shoreline views, reflecting a visitor's quiet home-movie attention to the lake, trees, and mountain retreat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, rocky shoreline, evergreen trees, a small cabin, distant snow-dusted mountains, and bright clear sky.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, saturated color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic insert, transition, place-setting cutaway, or memory beat for travel, recreation, landscape, or family-history stories.
Historical context: The view situates Lake Tahoe as a mountain vacation landscape, with shoreline cabins and forested terrain shown without visible crowds, vehicles, or signage.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible; copyright, location, and any property-use questions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Lake Tahoe 8mm home movie, California mountain lake shoreline, evergreen lakeside cabin, and vintage alpine vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1939 Lake Tahoe or California mountain footage, then broader 1930s lakes, cabins, evergreens, and vacation-travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie view of a rocky lakeshore, evergreen trees, a small cabin, blue water, and pale mountains beyond. — A small cabin sits among evergreens above the rocky Lake Tahoe shoreline, with mountains in the distance.

Close 8mm view at Lake Tahoe of dense evergreen foliage and a rocky slope along the lakeshore. — Dense evergreen branches fill the frame beside a rocky lakeside slope.

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing layered evergreen branches, tree trunks, and rocks on a shaded slope. — The camera lingers on layered evergreen growth and rocks along the Tahoe shore.

Lake Tahoe 8mm frame with dense evergreen foliage, rocky ground, and high-contrast sun and shadow near the shore. — Evergreen foliage and rough rock surfaces create a close scenic detail of the lakeside forest.

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