Angora Lakes California-1938: Serene Lake View with Cabin and Pine Trees

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationAngora Lakes, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Angora Lakes California

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Serene Lake View with Cabin and Pine Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of Angora Lakes in California. The footage shows a calm lake reflecting tall pine trees and a rustic cabin nestled along the shoreline. The entire scene is bathed in a distinctive purple-blue tint, characteristic of early color film processes. The camera remains steady, offering a peaceful, nostalgic glimpse into a mid-century natural retreat.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127260150

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: 1930s California lake scenery suited for documentary inserts about mountain retreats, outdoor leisure, or archival nature travel.
Period detail: The small shoreline cabins, dense pines, calm lake, and 8mm color-home-movie look support a late-1930s recreational mountain setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip holds a steady visitor viewpoint across the water, valuing the quiet lakeshore scene rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm lake, reflected pine trees, rocky shoreline, small cabins, sky, forested slopes, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm texture, visible grain, slight blur, and a strong purple-blue color cast that reads as original physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet cutaway, memory beat, location-establishing insert, or transition into California mountain-lake material.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational cabin life and scenic lake viewing in the Sierra region without showing identifiable people or activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property-related use should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1930s 8mm Angora Lakes footage, California mountain lake home movie, vintage cabin shoreline, and pine forest lake view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1938 Angora Lakes or California lake footage, then broader mountain-cabin and forest-water scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Angora Lakes view across calm water toward pine trees and small cabins, seen in soft purple-blue 8mm footage. — A steady view across Angora Lakes toward pine trees and small lakeside cabins.

1938 Angora Lakes shoreline with tall pines, small cabins, rocks, and reflections across the water. — Cabins and tall pines line the far shore of the lake.

1938 Angora Lakes footage showing a wide water view toward a wooded shoreline with rocks and distant cabins. — The camera holds on the quiet shoreline and reflected trees.

1938 Angora Lakes scene with calm foreground water, pine-covered shore, small cabins, and rocky edges. — Still water fills the foreground below the pine-lined Angora Lakes shore.

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