Oakland California-1937: Ducks Swim In A Pool With A Large Beach And A Water Fountain

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationOakland, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Oakland California

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Ducks Swim In A Pool With A Large Beach And A Water Fountain — Clip Details

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA-1937: Vintage 8mm home movie footage shows a large flock of ducks and geese gathered around a central pool with a small fountain at a wild game refuge. The scene, captured in distinctive blue-tinted film stock, features a wide sandy beach area and a large open-sided shelter structure in the background. Ducks swim and rest along the water's edge, creating a peaceful wildlife moment from the 1930s. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, offering authentic archival material for historical or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127254840

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1937 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Oakland, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s California archive requests needing a brief wildlife refuge, duck pond, or public recreation cutaway from 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The open-sided shelter, simple fountain, sandy pool edge, and blue-tinted 8mm color help place the scene within a 1930s home-movie record of Oakland wildlife viewing.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the birds from a fixed visitor distance, preserving an unstaged home-movie view of ducks and geese gathering, resting, and swimming around the pool.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a central pool, many ducks and geese, a small fountain, sandy banks, a long open shelter, dark film borders, and blue color cast.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, blue color shift, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that read as original physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, quiet transition, place-setting cutaway, or memory beat within a 1930s California sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents public-facing waterfowl display or refuge activity in Oakland without showing identifiable people, signs, brands, or specific landmark markers.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location permission, and any property or institutional claims should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1937 Oakland 8mm ducks, California waterfowl refuge home movie, blue-tinted duck pond footage, and 1930s birds around fountain.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Oakland or 1937 California footage, then with broader wildlife, waterfowl, park, or refuge scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Oakland 8mm frame showing waterfowl resting and swimming around a sandy-edged pool beneath an open shelter. — Waterfowl cluster along the edge of a pool with a small fountain in the center.

Blue-tinted 1937 Oakland 8mm view of ducks and geese spread across a pool edge and shallow water. — Ducks and geese rest on the sandy edge while others swim near the fountain.

1937 Oakland home-movie frame with many ducks and geese gathered along a refuge-style pool and beach area. — A dense group of waterfowl lines the far side of the pool near the shelter.

Late frame from 1937 Oakland 8mm footage showing waterfowl around a sandy pool with a small fountain. — The waterfowl remain gathered across the pool edge as the fountain sprays lightly.

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