Virginia City California-1937: View Of Blue House And Green Tree On A Sunny Day

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

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View Of Blue House And Green Tree On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a blue house nestled among tall green trees in Virginia City, California. The footage, shot from a distance, shows the house partially obscured by foliage, with bright sunlight casting sharp shadows across its facade. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic slice of mid-20th century Americana is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 127260066

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: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage useful for documentary requests needing a quiet exterior view of a house among trees in Virginia City, California.
Period detail: The distant house, tall evergreens, and saturated color reversal look may show a 1930s visitor view, though visible architecture is partly obscured by foliage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, holding on a sunlit house from a distance rather than presenting a composed architectural study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pale blue house, arched upper windows, tall green trees, dense shrubs, dark shadows, and bright midday sunlight.
Film character: The 8mm image carries coarse grain, soft focus, slight registration variation, and high-contrast sun exposure typical of scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief exterior cutaway, travel-memory insert, or calm transition within a 1930s western town or domestic landscape sequence.
Historical context: The view gives visual context for tree-lined residential or visitor scenery in the stated Virginia City, California setting without showing public activity or signage.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or indicated, but building identification and property permissions should be reviewed separately from copyright.
Research search match: Search matches include 1930s 8mm California house exterior, Virginia City trees and building, vintage home movie sunny residential view, and blue house among evergreens.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then with 1937 Virginia City material, then with similar 1930s California exteriors, trees, houses, and travel cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 8mm frame from Virginia City, California showing a pale house with arched windows partly obscured by evergreens. — A sunlit house is seen through tall trees and deep shadows.

Distant Virginia City house exterior framed by tall trees, with strong sun and shadow across the roofline. — The upper story of the house appears between dense evergreens.

1930s 8mm view of a pale house in Virginia City, California, partly screened by trees and shrubs. — Trees and shrubs obscure much of the sunlit house exterior.

Final frame holds on the distant house and surrounding evergreens in bright Virginia City sunlight. — The house remains partially hidden behind tall green trees.

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