Lake Tahoe California-1939: Picture Of A Beautiful Beach House

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

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Picture Of A Beautiful Beach House — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a light-colored dress standing on the porch of a rustic wooden cabin at Lake Tahoe, California. The cabin features a green shingled roof and a covered porch with wooden railings, surrounded by tall pine trees under a clear blue sky. A second person is briefly visible sitting on the porch. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century mountain life and family vacations.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127014423

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 home-movie footage for productions needing a brief rustic vacation-cabin porch scene with visible people and mountain-lodge atmosphere.
Period detail: The wooden cabin, shingled green roof, porch awning, light dress, and 8mm color handling may show late-1930s leisure architecture and vacation clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, with a woman standing for the camera while another person sits quietly on the porch.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rustic cabin facade, green shingled roof, porch steps, wooden railings, striped awning, pine trees, a standing woman, and a seated person.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and a fixed home-movie framing that adds archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, vacation-memory beat, or cutaway for Lake Tahoe cabins, family travel, or lakeside resort life.
Historical context: The scene documents a casual outdoor porch moment at a Lake Tahoe cabin, suggesting recreational mountain lodging without identifying the people or property.
Research note: People and a recognizable cabin exterior are visible, so likeness and property considerations should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1939 8mm Lake Tahoe cabin, 1930s California vacation home movie, rustic porch with woman, and vintage mountain resort footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Lake Tahoe or California 1939 material, then broader 1930s cabin, vacation, and mountain-lodge scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing a woman on a wooden cabin porch beneath a green shingled roof. — A woman stands on the steps of a rustic Lake Tahoe cabin porch.

Lake Tahoe cabin porch scene with a standing woman, seated person, green roof, awning, and tall trees in the background. — A porch view includes a standing woman and a second person seated near the railing.

1939 Lake Tahoe frame showing a woman posed on the steps of a rustic wooden cabin with an awning and railings. — The woman remains posed on the cabin steps below the green shingled roof.

Lake Tahoe vacation-cabin frame with a standing woman, partly visible seated person, porch rails, awning, and green roof. — A final porch angle shows the woman on the steps with another person partly visible.

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