Lake Tahoe California-1939: Filming The Lake On Our Weekend Trip Showing The

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

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Filming The Lake On Our Weekend Trip Showing The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside view at Lake Tahoe, California. The clip shows a calm blue lake surrounded by pine trees and distant mountains under a clear sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 color grading with a distinct blue tint and film grain, framed by dark borders typical of home movie projections. This archival clip evokes nostalgia for mid-20th century family vacations and outdoor recreation in the Sierra Nevada.

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: 127014580

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: Supports requests for 1930s 8mm Lake Tahoe scenery, vacation travel inserts, and calm Sierra Nevada outdoor establishing shots for documentary or education edits.
Period detail: The contact frames show color 8mm home-movie scenery with rounded frame edges, dark projection borders, and a static lakeside composition consistent with the stated 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot pause on a scenic lake view, emphasizing what a traveler chose to film during a weekend outing rather than a staged activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue lake, pine trees, a small rocky shoreline, distant wooded hills, pale sky, reflected water, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, soft focus, blue color bias, slight exposure variation, and rounded 8mm frame edges that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a tranquil establishing insert, travel transition, memory beat, or nature cutaway between family-vacation scenes.
Historical context: The view reflects recreational filming of Lake Tahoe scenery, showing the lake and pine-covered shore without people, vehicles, signage, or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable property identifiers are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property-use requirements.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 Lake Tahoe 8mm footage, vintage California lake home movie, Sierra Nevada pine shoreline, and 1930s travel scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other Lake Tahoe or California 1939 material, and then with broader vintage lake, mountain, and family-trip footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing a blue lake, pine trees, rocky shoreline, distant wooded hills, and rounded dark film borders. — A static lakeside view frames pine trees and distant hills across Lake Tahoe.

1939 Lake Tahoe scene with pines along a rocky point, blue water, distant wooded hills, pale sky, and visible 8mm frame edges. — Pines and a rocky point sit in front of blue lake water and distant hills.

1939 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame showing calm water, a pine-lined rocky shore, wooded hills in the distance, and soft grainy color. — The lakeside composition holds on still water, pines, and the far wooded ridge.

1939 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame with a pine-lined rocky shore in the foreground, blue lake water, distant hills, and rounded projection borders. — A final frame repeats the quiet shoreline view with pines against the lake and hills.

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