Bucks Lake California-1938: Calm Crystal Clear Lake Near The Beautiful Green

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

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Calm Crystal Clear Lake Near The Beautiful Green — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene lake surrounded by dense evergreen forests. The footage, tinted with a deep blue-purple hue typical of early color film, shows calm, reflective waters with a distant shoreline. The camera remains steady, offering a peaceful view of nature. Subtle film grain and slight color distortion enhance its authentic archival quality. This clip evokes nostalgia and is ideal for historical documentaries, nature montages, or retro-themed projects.

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: 127260732

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 footage for productions needing a quiet California mountain lake view or nature cutaway from Bucks Lake.
Period detail: The frames show period 8mm color home-movie texture, but no clothing, vehicles, signs, or buildings are visible to date the scene beyond the supplied 1938 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor viewpoint, holding on calm water and forested shoreline as a personal travel or vacation record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue-purple lake water, evergreen forest, distant shoreline, dark frame edges, film gate bars, faint reflections, and a small dock or boat shape near shore.
Film character: The footage carries visible film grain, heavy blue-purple color shift, soft focus, exposure variation, and contact-sheet gate edges typical of aged 8mm material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, transition, memory beat, or establishing nature cutaway in a sequence about lakes, travel, or rural California.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a lakeside landscape before modern signage or crowds are apparent, with context limited to the supplied Bucks Lake, California metadata.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private-property identifiers are visible, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 8mm California lake footage, Bucks Lake home movie, blue-tinted vintage forest lake, and 1930s mountain water view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bucks Lake 1938 footage, then broader 1930s California lake, forest, fishing, or vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bucks Lake, California home-movie frame showing calm lake water, distant evergreens, and pronounced blue-purple film tint. — Calm lake surface and evergreen shoreline seen through aged 8mm film color shift.

Bucks Lake frame with calm water, forested shore, blue-purple tint, and a small dock or boat-like shape near the right edge. — Forested shoreline across calm water, partially obscured by dark film gate bars.

1938 home-movie view of Bucks Lake with calm water, evergreen shoreline, dark frame edge, and a faint object near the lower right. — Blue-tinted lake and tree-lined shore with aged-film softness and gate edge visible.

Bucks Lake, California frame showing calm water, a wooded shoreline, film gate bars, and a small dock or boat-like form near shore. — A quiet lake view framed by dark 8mm gate edges and dense evergreen shoreline.

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