Bucks Lake California-1938: Water Spewing From Forest Floor On Clear Day

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

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Water Spewing From Forest Floor On Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a mysterious natural phenomenon at Bucks Lake, California. A powerful jet of water erupts from the forest floor, spewing upward through the trees in a misty plume. The scene unfolds in a dense pine forest under a clear sky, with the water's force creating a dramatic contrast against the dark, purple-tinged foliage. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, offering a rare glimpse of a natural spring or geyser in action. This archival clip is ideal for historical documentaries, nature studies, or nostalgic content about early 20th-century outdoor life.

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: 127260787

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 California home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational sequences needing an unusual forest water eruption or natural-spring cutaway.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era outdoor footage with no visible clothing, vehicles, signs, or built landmarks to independently date the scene beyond the supplied 1938 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the water plume from a fixed or lightly handheld visitor perspective, emphasizing the sudden motion of water among trees rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a forceful white water jet, mist, tall conifer trunks, dense forest shade, scattered rocks, snow or pale ground patches, and purple-shifted film color.
Film character: The clip carries a vintage 8mm look with soft focus, heavy grain, gate edges, color shift toward violet-blue, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief nature insert, transition beat, environmental cutaway, or visual punctuation for archival travel and landscape material.
Historical context: The footage may show a Bucks Lake-area outdoor attraction or natural water feature as encountered by a home-movie camera in the late 1930s.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable property identifiers are visible, but copyright status and any land or location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Bucks Lake water plume, vintage 8mm California forest, home movie natural spring, and archival footage water spewing from ground.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then with 1938 Bucks Lake or California mountain scenes, then with archival nature, forest, and water-feature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bucks Lake home-movie frame showing a forceful white water plume rising through conifers and rocks in a shaded forest. — Water spews through trees and rocks in the Bucks Lake forest.

1938 Bucks Lake frame with a bright water jet cutting through dark conifers, rocks, and misty forest cover. — A bright water jet contrasts with dark conifers and rocks.

1938 Bucks Lake 8mm frame showing a broad white plume of water spraying through conifers in a rocky forest setting. — The water plume widens in the rocky forest scene.

1938 Bucks Lake frame looking past a large tree trunk toward conifers and pale ground patches after the water spray view shifts. — The view shifts to a large trunk and surrounding conifers.

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