Bucks Lake California-1938: Bucks Lake Plumas County Northern California Pines

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationBucks Lake, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Bucks Lake California

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Bucks Lake Plumas County Northern California Pines — Clip Details

BUCKS LAKE CALIFORNIA-1938: A vintage 8mm home movie captures the serene beauty of Bucks Lake in Plumas County, California. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows a tranquil lake surrounded by tall pine trees under a deep blue tint, likely due to film stock or lighting conditions. The scene is calm and still, with no visible people or movement, emphasizing the natural landscape. The grainy texture and color saturation are characteristic of 1930s home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into the Sierra Nevada wilderness. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 127260639

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: Bucks Lake, 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 8mm home-movie lake scenery for productions needing a quiet Northern California wilderness establishing shot or period nature cutaway.
Period detail: The frames may show 1938 visitor footage, with tall pines, open lake water, and saturated blue reversal-film color as the main era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor viewpoint, holding on the lake and shoreline without people, performance, or arranged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, pine trunks, distant wooded shoreline, a small point of land, dark frame edges, and 8mm contact-sheet spacing.
Film character: The footage has dense blue color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, nature transition, or memory beat between travel, recreation, or Sierra Nevada landscape sequences.
Historical context: The view places leisure-era home-movie attention on lake scenery and forested shore rather than buildings, roads, or identifiable human activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should separately assess copyright status, location context, and any project-specific property concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s 8mm Bucks Lake footage, Plumas County lake home movie, Northern California pine shoreline, and Sierra Nevada water scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then with other 1938 Bucks Lake or Plumas County material, then with broader lake, pine forest, and Sierra Nevada travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Bucks Lake, California, appears in blue-tinted 1938 8mm footage, framed by tall pines and distant forested shore. — Tall pines frame a blue view across Bucks Lake toward a wooded shoreline.

A blue-saturated 8mm frame shows Bucks Lake with foreground pines and a distant tree-covered shore. — Foreground pines stand against calm lake water and a distant forested bank.

The 1938 Bucks Lake view shifts closer to the water, with a pine at left and forested shoreline in the distance. — A pine trunk borders the frame as the lake stretches toward a wooded point.

A late frame from the Bucks Lake home movie emphasizes open blue water, a partial pine, and distant trees. — Open lake water dominates the view, with a partial pine and wooded shoreline beyond.

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