Lake Tahoe California-1939: Two Men Chopping Wood Outdoors With Axes

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

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Two Men Chopping Wood Outdoors With Axes — Clip Details

Two men in 1939 work outdoors at Lake Tahoe, California, chopping wood with axes. One man wears a white hat and a green shirt, while the other wears a dark hat and blue shirt. They stand among piles of chopped logs and wooden planks in a forested area. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural daylight and the rustic, labor-intensive task of preparing firewood. The scene captures a moment of manual labor in a rural setting, with visible film grain and color fading typical of vintage home movies.

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: 127014562

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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: Useful for 1930s home-movie requests needing rural labor, camp maintenance, or firewood preparation footage from the Lake Tahoe area.
Period detail: The clothing, hand tools, rough lumber, and color 8mm look support a late-1930s home-movie setting, with Lake Tahoe and 1939 taken from clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged home-movie quality as two men work through a practical outdoor task rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men, axes, split logs, cut planks, a chopping block, rough boards, sunlit ground, and a wooded background.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability consistent with a scanned home-movie reel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway or memory beat for manual labor, cabin life, outdoor chores, or rustic preparation sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually documents hand-powered wood preparation in an outdoor recreational or rural setting without proving a specific occupation or event.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, privacy, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Lake Tahoe home movie, 1930s men chopping wood, vintage 8mm outdoor labor, and archival firewood footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Lake Tahoe material, then broader 1930s outdoor labor or cabin-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Lake Tahoe in 1939, a man in a white hat swings an axe near stacked logs and rough lumber in a wooded outdoor area. — A man chops wood among logs and planks in an outdoor work area.

Two men at Lake Tahoe in 1939 work around a pile of cut wood, with one holding an axe and the other bending near the lumber. — Two men handle wood and tools beside a pile of cut logs and planks.

A man in a white hat swings an axe as another man in a dark hat works beside stacked lumber and chopped wood in the 1939 Lake Tahoe footage. — One man swings an axe while another sorts or lifts wood nearby.

Two men continue firewood work at Lake Tahoe in 1939, with axes, logs, and rough boards visible in a sunlit wooded setting. — The men continue chopping and arranging wood among logs and boards.

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