Lake Tahoe California-1939: A Couple Sitting On A Balcony Relaxing

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

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A Couple Sitting On A Balcony Relaxing — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1939 captures a couple relaxing on a wooden porch in Lake Tahoe, California. A woman in a yellow patterned dress sits smiling, while a man in a blue shirt and light pants sits beside her, adjusting his shoes. The scene is set against a dark wood cabin with a green door and a striped awning overhead. A partially visible sign reads 'OFFICE STORE'. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and warm, slightly faded colors, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127014464

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: Yes
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 home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet Lake Tahoe vacation or cabin-porch leisure moment with identifiable adults.
Period detail: The clothing, dark wood cabin front, striped awning, painted trim, and partial “OFFICE STORE” sign support the supplied 1939 Lake Tahoe context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged porch moment, with a smiling seated woman and a man casually adjusting his shoes beside her.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adults, a wooden porch, dark cabin siding, a green door or trim, a striped awning, chairs, and a partial “OFFICE STORE” sign.
Film character: The scan has soft 8mm color, visible grain, modest exposure variation, and slight contact-frame jitter that reads as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for travel, lodging, summer leisure, or Depression-era personal-life sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows visitors or residents relaxing outside a Tahoe cabin or lodge setting, reflecting everyday leisure rather than a staged public event.
Research note: Faces and a partial business sign are visible, so likeness, trademark, location, and property-context review may be needed apart from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 Lake Tahoe home movie, 1930s cabin porch couple, vintage 8mm vacation lodging, and adults relaxing on balcony footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1939 Lake Tahoe clips, then broader 1930s vacation, cabin, lodge, and porch leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing a smiling woman and seated man on a wooden porch beside a cabin entrance. — A couple sits outside a cabin or lodge porch under a striped awning.

1939 Lake Tahoe porch scene with a woman in a patterned dress and a man seated by a dark cabin wall and partial sign. — The woman faces the camera while the man sits near the doorway.

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame with the man leaning down, possibly adjusting a shoe, beside a woman on a cabin porch. — The man leans toward his shoes while the woman remains seated on the porch.

1939 Lake Tahoe frame showing two adults on a wooden cabin porch, with a striped awning and partial office-store sign nearby. — The seated pair remains outside the cabin as porch furniture appears in the foreground.

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