Lake Tahoe California-1939: Two Men Chopping Wood Near Lake

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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 Near Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures two men chopping wood in a rustic outdoor setting near Lake Tahoe, California. One man wears a white hat and a dark shirt, while the other wears a dark hat and a blue shirt, both working amidst a large pile of firewood. The scene is set against a backdrop of dense pine trees, with a brief glimpse of the lake's blue waters and surrounding hills. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic, documentary-style glimpse into mid-century rural life and outdoor labor.

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: 127014570

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s California home-movie requests needing rustic outdoor labor, lakeside recreation context, or documentary cutaways of wood chopping near Lake Tahoe.
Period detail: The men’s hats, work clothes, hand tools, rough lumber pile, and 8mm color home-movie texture support a late-1930s rural or vacation-cabin setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in the way the men work casually around firewood while the camera briefly shifts toward the lake landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, brimmed hats, axes or wood-handling tools, a pile of split wood, pine trees, lakeshore water, and distant hills.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, uneven exposure, handheld framing, gate edges, and warm color shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert for cabin chores, rural leisure, lakeside life, or as a transition from human activity to Tahoe scenery.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary outdoor labor in a wooded lakeside setting, suggesting practical camp or cabin routines without proving occupation or ownership.
Research note: Adults are visible and likeness review may be needed; no brands are apparent, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Lake Tahoe home movie, men chopping wood, California lakeside cabin chores, vintage outdoor labor, and 1930s vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then with 1939 Lake Tahoe scenes, then with similar 1930s outdoor labor or lakeside home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adult men near Lake Tahoe in 1939 appear to handle or chop firewood beside pine trees in 8mm home-movie footage. — Two men work around a pile of firewood in a wooded lakeside setting.

In the Lake Tahoe home-movie scene, one man in a white hat stands while another works beside a pile of split wood. — The men pause or shift position while working beside stacked and scattered wood.

A transitional 8mm frame blends the wood-chopping scene with a Lake Tahoe view of water, shoreline trees, and distant hills. — A brief in-camera transition overlays the work scene with the lake landscape.

A Lake Tahoe landscape view shows blue water, shoreline pines, rocky ground, and wooded hills in 1939 8mm footage. — The clip ends on a scenic lakeshore view with trees and distant hills.

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