Bucks Lake California-1938: Waterfall Flowing From Mountain Side Cliff

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

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Waterfall Flowing From Mountain Side Cliff — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a waterfall cascading from a mountain side cliff in Bucks Lake, California. The footage, rendered in a distinctive purple-tinted monochrome, shows water flowing over rocks and through a dense forest of pine trees. The scene is bathed in natural daylight, with the film's grain and slight motion blur adding to its authentic, nostalgic quality. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of the region's natural beauty from the late 1930s.

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: 127260823

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 nature footage for productions needing a brief archival cutaway of a mountain waterfall in a forested Northern California setting.
Period detail: The frames show no built features or dated objects, so the 1938 period identification rests on the supplied film metadata rather than visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a traveler or local visitor pausing to film a scenic waterfall from a handheld outdoor vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include falling water, dark pine trunks, forest branches, boulders, cliffside rock, daylight, and purple-tinted 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The scan shows dense 8mm grain, soft focus, slight blur, and a purple monochrome tint that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short nature insert, location transition, memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway within a 1930s travel or landscape sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a natural waterfall and surrounding conifer forest, offering visual context for recreational landscape filming in the late 1930s.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should separately assess copyright status and any location or property considerations.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 8mm Bucks Lake waterfall, California mountain forest home movie, vintage waterfall cliff footage, and 1930s outdoor travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Bucks Lake or 1938 California material, then broader vintage waterfall, forest, or mountain travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bucks Lake 8mm frame showing a waterfall descending through pine trees and cliffside rocks. — Water falls through a forested rocky slope in Bucks Lake footage.

Purple-tinted 8mm view of a Bucks Lake waterfall framed by tall trees and rock formations. — A forest waterfall is framed by dark trunks and cliffside rocks.

1938 home-movie frame with a soft, purple-tinted view of water flowing past pines and rocky terrain at Bucks Lake. — The waterfall continues across rocks below surrounding pine trees.

Bucks Lake 8mm frame showing a bright waterfall against darker pines, branches, and cliffside rocks. — Bright falling water contrasts with the darker forest and rocks.

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