Lake Tahoe California-1939: Majestic Sunny Mountain Peak And A Forest Of Evergreens

$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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Majestic Sunny Mountain Peak And A Forest Of Evergreens — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a majestic mountain peak bathed in warm, golden light at sunrise or sunset, with deep shadows defining its rugged cliffs. The scene transitions to a dense forest of mature evergreen trees, their vibrant green needles filling the frame under bright, sunny conditions. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 127014284

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 nature footage for documentary inserts, regional history sequences, scenic transitions, or archival home-movie context.
Period detail: The footage may show 1939 vacation-era outdoor scenery, with evergreen forest and a sunlit mountain ridge as the only visible period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, observing landscape details without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include evergreen branches, rocky ground, dark tree shadows, a reddish mountain ridge, blue sky, film borders, and soft projected-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries saturated color, visible grain, slight softness, uneven exposure, and frame-edge artifacts consistent with original small-gauge film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic cutaway, location-establishing insert, nature transition, or reflective memory beat within a travel or regional-history sequence.
Historical context: The frames provide visual context for recreational landscape filming around Lake Tahoe in the late 1930s without showing identifiable visitors, buildings, or events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, location/property context, and source permissions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1930s Lake Tahoe 8mm footage, vintage California mountain home movie, evergreen forest film, and archival mountain ridge scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1939 Lake Tahoe material, and then with broader vintage mountain, forest, or California travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing dense evergreen branches and rocky terrain with dark film borders. — Evergreen forest fills the frame in the Lake Tahoe footage.

Lake Tahoe 8mm frame with evergreen trees, rocky slope, and saturated green tones from the 1939 home movie. — A closer forest view shows evergreens and rocky terrain.

1939 Lake Tahoe frame showing dense evergreen foliage, uneven light, and rocky ground in small-gauge color film. — The forest sequence continues with layered evergreen branches.

Lake Tahoe 1939 home-movie frame with a warm red mountain ridge, blue sky, and deep shadow below. — A sunlit mountain ridge rises above a dark foreground.

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