Virginia City California-1937: Three People And Dog In Front Of Large Building

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationVirginia City, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Virginia City California

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Three People And Dog In Front Of Large Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a family moment outside a large stone building in Virginia City, California. A man in a yellow shirt and light trousers stands on the steps, waving, while a woman in a pink dress sits beside a small dog. Another woman in a blue dress stands nearby. The building features arched windows and a prominent entrance, with trees framing the scene. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, mid-20th century American family memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127259906

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: 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: Virginia City, 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: Supports 1930s home-movie requests for family travel, posed arrivals, or everyday American leisure scenes in documentary and education edits.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, stone facade, arched windows, and posed doorstep grouping may show late-1930s visitor or family footage.
Home-movie behavior: Three adults and a small dog pause near the entrance, with one person waving toward the camera in an informal home-movie pose.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adults, a small dog, stone steps, a large doorway, arched upper windows, bare tree branches, and shrubs.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, warm color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the feel of original physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short family-memory insert, location cutaway, or transition into a 1930s travel or domestic sequence.
Historical context: The scene records adults presenting themselves outside a substantial building, suggesting a social or travel moment without proving the site's identity.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or music are evident, and copyright status is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s 8mm family travel, adults with dog outside building, Virginia City California home movie, and vintage doorway scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Virginia City California or 1937 material, then with family vacation and building exterior themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 8mm home-movie frame of three adults and a small dog on steps outside a large building in Virginia City, California. — Three adults pause with a small dog at the building entrance.

Wide 1937 frame of the building exterior in Virginia City, California, with arched windows, a doorway, trees, and a person near the entry. — The camera pulls wider to show the building facade and entrance.

Wide 1937 8mm view of three adults and a small dog near the entrance of a large Virginia City, California building. — The group appears small in the frame beside the open entrance.

Final wide frame showing the large building exterior, three adults, and a small dog near the Virginia City, California entrance. — The shot holds on the facade with the group gathered near the doorway.

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