Virginia City California-1937: Park With Trees And Classic Cars Parked

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

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Park With Trees And Classic Cars Parked — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a sun-dappled park scene in Virginia City, California. Tall trees line a paved path where several classic automobiles are parked, their rounded fenders and chrome details visible in the dappled light. The footage, framed by dark borders, shows a quiet, leisurely moment with people strolling and enjoying the natural surroundings. The warm, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, mid-century American atmosphere.

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: 127260024

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s home-movie requests needing a quiet park or roadside leisure cutaway with period automobiles and tall trees.
Period detail: Rounded automobile bodies, dark paint, and the 8mm home-movie framing may show late-1930s visitor travel or park scenery.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a casual visitor-shot perspective, lingering on parked cars, trees, and a sunlit roadway rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall tree trunks, a paved road or path, parked dark cars, bright sun patches, deep shade, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, travel-memory beat, or transition between period road scenes and outdoor leisure material.
Historical context: The scene suggests automobile travel and public outdoor space in the 1930s, but the frames do not identify a specific landmark or event.
Research note: No faces, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still review copyright, location context, and any property concerns separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1930s 8mm park footage, vintage cars parked under trees, home movie road travel, and Virginia City California scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then other 1937 Virginia City California scenes, then broader 1930s parks, roads, and vintage car footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 8mm home-movie frame of a tree-lined park or road area in Virginia City, California, with a parked car partly visible in shade. — Tall trees cast shade over a quiet road with a parked car in the background.

1937 8mm frame showing a shaded park or roadside view in Virginia City, California, with tall trees and a parked automobile. — A parked automobile sits beyond tree trunks in a shaded park setting.

Tree-lined Virginia City, California park or roadside scene from 1937 8mm footage, with a parked car partly visible at left. — The camera holds on tree trunks, pavement, and a parked car at the edge of the frame.

Late-frame view of the 1937 Virginia City, California park scene, showing trees, a parked dark car, and a low roadside rail. — A dark parked car appears beyond a low rail under tall roadside trees.

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