Angora Lakes California-1938: Dimly Lit View Of A Calm Lake Surrounded By Tall Trees

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationAngora Lakes, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Angora Lakes California

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Dimly Lit View Of A Calm Lake Surrounded By Tall Trees — Clip Details

Angora Lakes California-1938: A serene, dimly lit view of a calm lake surrounded by tall pine trees and rocky shores. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays a strong blue color cast, likely from early color film stock, with visible grain and slight motion blur. The tranquil waters reflect the forested landscape, creating a peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere. This vintage home movie captures a quiet moment in nature, evoking mid-20th century Americana and the charm of early color home cinematography.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127260137

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 1153 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: bucks lake,lake tahoe,emerald bay,martins lodge
Reel-level year note: 1938
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1938 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Angora Lakes, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: Useful for 1930s outdoor recreation or California mountain-lake sequences needing quiet 8mm home-movie atmosphere without visible people.
Period detail: The scene may show late-1930s color home-movie footage, with no visible clothing, vehicles, signage, or architecture to add more era detail.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the lake from a visitor's shoreline viewpoint, valuing scenery and stillness rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, tall conifers, rocky shoreline, reflected trees, foreground brush, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has pronounced blue color shift, soft focus, grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld softness characteristic of early amateur 8mm color material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet cutaway, travel-memory insert, nature transition, or reflective pause in a family-history or landscape sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a leisure landscape view at Angora Lakes, emphasizing forest, water, and rocky shore rather than identifiable social activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but users should still evaluate copyright status and any location or property considerations separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s 8mm California lake, Angora Lakes home movie, vintage mountain lake footage, blue-cast color 8mm, and pine forest shoreline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Angora Lakes or 1938 California material, then broader mountain lake and forest home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Blue-shifted 1938 8mm view at Angora Lakes showing calm water, rocks, and conifers along the shoreline. — Calm lake water reflects a rocky, wooded shore in a blue-tinted 8mm frame.

Blue-tinted Angora Lakes shoreline with smooth water, conifers, exposed rocks, and soft 8mm texture. — A quiet shoreline of rocks and trees sits above still, blue-cast lake water.

1938 home-movie frame of Angora Lakes with foreground brush, reflective water, boulders, and dense pine trees. — Foreground brush frames a calm lake bordered by boulders and tall pines.

Angora Lakes, California, in a blue-shifted 8mm frame with shrubs, reflective water, rocks, and conifers. — Shrubs and lake reflections lead toward a rocky pine shoreline.

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