Virginia City California-1937: Pool In A Park With Surrounding Green Grass Areas

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Pool In A Park With Surrounding Green Grass Areas — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil park scene in Virginia City, California. A curved concrete walkway borders a calm pool, with a tree standing prominently in the foreground. Lush green grass and surrounding trees frame the water, while distant buildings and hills are visible under a bright sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural sunlight, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American suburban atmosphere. The camera remains steady, offering a peaceful, observational view of a quiet community space.

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: 127259961

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: 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: Useful for 1930s home-movie requests needing a quiet public park or landscaped water feature cutaway for documentary, museum, education, or period atmosphere use.
Period detail: The frames may show 1937-era color 8mm travel footage with a concrete pool edge, mature trees, lawn, low buildings, and distant hills as visible setting clues.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on a calm landscaped pool rather than staging action or directing people.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a curved concrete walkway, reflective pool water, a tree trunk in the foreground, green lawn, shaded trees, low buildings, and hills beyond.
Film character: The scan shows saturated color, soft focus, visible 8mm grain, uneven exposure, and slight frame-edge darkness consistent with physical home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a tranquil establishing insert, transition, memory beat, or nonverbal cutaway between location or community-life scenes.
Historical context: The scene records a maintained outdoor public landscape with water, shade, grass, and nearby buildings, offering social context without visible people or activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property or location restrictions for intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1937 8mm park pool footage, Virginia City California home movie, vintage landscaped water feature, and quiet Depression-era outdoor cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel park or travel shots, then with Virginia City California 1937 material, then with 1930s town, landscape, and public-space footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 Virginia City, California home-movie frame showing a curved pool edge, foreground tree, lawn, low building, and distant hills. — A shaded tree stands beside a calm pool bordered by a curved concrete walkway.

1937 Virginia City, California frame with a calm landscaped pool, tree trunk, green lawn, low building, and hills in bright sun. — The pool reflects nearby trees while grass and a low building sit beyond the water.

1937 Virginia City, California home-movie still showing a foreground tree beside a curved concrete pool edge and green lawn. — A tree trunk anchors the frame as the concrete pool edge curves through the park scene.

1937 Virginia City, California frame showing a landscaped pool, grass bank, tree shade, walkway, and low buildings in the distance. — The view opens to a grassy bank and still water framed by trees and a concrete walkway.

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