Bucks Lake California-1938: Water Being Ejected Out At A High Rate From A

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

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Water Being Ejected Out At A High Rate From A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic natural scene at Bucks Lake, California. A powerful stream of water erupts from a rocky outcrop in a forested mountain setting, surrounded by evergreen trees. The footage, characterized by its distinct purple and blue color cast and film grain, shows the water gushing at a high rate, creating a misty spray against the rugged terrain. The camera remains steady, focusing on the forceful flow of water in this remote wilderness.

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: 127260838

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a brief mountain-water cutaway, wilderness insert, or archival California landscape detail.
Period detail: The visible clues are the 8mm color-home-movie texture, static visitor framing, and forested mountain setting; the 1938 Bucks Lake identification is supported by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the water discharge from a steady visitor viewpoint, valuing the force of the scene over staged action or personal performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bright jet of water, rocky ground, evergreen trees, a small built structure or outlet, dark film borders, and purple-blue color shift.
Film character: The clip carries dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, frame-edge darkness, and a strong blue-purple cast that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, environmental insert, or memory beat for mountain water, hydro infrastructure, or rural California sequences.
Historical context: The footage places a powerful water flow within a wooded mountain landscape, suggesting a visitor record of a natural or utility-related feature without proving its exact function.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but any property, water-system, copyright, and location claims should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 8mm Bucks Lake California water discharge, vintage mountain stream footage, forest water outlet home movie, and 1930s California landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1938 Bucks Lake or Plumas County material, then with mountain streams, dams, outlets, and forest landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bucks Lake 8mm frame showing a bright stream of water erupting beside rocks and evergreen trees in a mountain setting. — A forceful water discharge cuts across a rocky, tree-lined slope.

1938 Bucks Lake home-movie frame with water spraying through a rocky forest area, softened by grain and a blue-purple color cast. — Water sprays outward through the forested rocks as the camera holds steady.

1938 Bucks Lake 8mm frame showing the water flow near a small built outlet or structure in a wooded mountain landscape. — The water flow remains centered beside a small structure and surrounding evergreens.

Late frame from 1938 Bucks Lake footage with a blurred water jet against rocks, trees, and pronounced home-movie color shift. — The clip ends on a soft, grainy view of water moving past rocks and trees.

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