Virginia City California-1937: Two Small Lakes Surrounded by Green Grass and Trees

$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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Two Small Lakes Surrounded by Green Grass and Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a serene park scene in Virginia City, California. Two small lakes sit side by side, surrounded by freshly cut green grass and mature trees. The footage, framed by dark borders typical of home movie projections, shows a quiet, sun-drenched landscape with a stone retaining wall along the water's edge. The natural colors and slight film grain evoke a strong sense of nostalgia and historical charm, offering authentic archival footage of mid-20th century American life.

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: 127259983

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 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

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 1930s archival requests needing a brief home-movie park or lakeside landscape cutaway for documentary, museum, education, or period memory sequences.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1937 visitor view of a landscaped waterside park, with trimmed grass, mature trees, low stone edging, and open daylight leisure space.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a quiet visitor-shot view across water and grass, preserving the informal pacing and observational feel of home-movie travel footage.
What appears in frame: Visible details include two small bodies of water, green lawns, mature trees, a pale stone retaining edge, a path or bank line, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate shadowing, and slight color drift that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a tranquil insert, location transition, establishing cutaway, or reflective memory beat between more specific 1930s scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for landscaped public or recreational space in a 1930s American home-movie record without proving a specific landmark.
Research note: People may be visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, music, or private property are apparent from the supplied frames.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1930s 8mm park lake footage, Virginia City California home movie, vintage landscaped water scene, and archival grass and trees cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel scenes, then with Virginia City California 1937 material, then with broader 1930s parks, lakes, and home-movie landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 8mm home-movie frame of a landscaped waterside park in Virginia City, California, with grass, trees, and dark film borders. — A quiet view across water toward grass, trees, and a low stone retaining edge.

Park water, lawn, and trees appear in a soft 1937 8mm frame identified as Virginia City, California. — The camera looks across a calm water edge toward trimmed grass and trees.

1937 home-movie view of a grassy waterside park in Virginia City, California, with a possible distant person near the trees. — Water and lawn fill the frame, with a distant dark figure near the right side of the park.

A soft 8mm frame from the 1937 Virginia City, California clip shows water, lawn, trees, and a possible distant person. — A shaded lakeside view includes grass, trees, and a possible distant figure near the right edge.

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