Bucks Lake California-1938: Serene Lake Surrounded By Pine Forests And Hills

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

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Serene Lake Surrounded By Pine Forests And Hills — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures Bucks Lake, California, with its serene blue waters framed by dense evergreen forests and rolling hills. The footage, marked by a distinct purple color cast typical of early color film, shows a tranquil natural landscape under a clear sky. The camera pans slowly across the lake, revealing the quiet majesty of the Sierra Nevada wilderness. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century American nature and outdoor recreation.

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: 127260899

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: Useful for 1930s documentary or educational edits needing a quiet Sierra Nevada lake landscape from amateur 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The scene may show late-1930s outdoor recreation context through color 8mm stock, handheld framing, and an undeveloped lakeshore without visible people or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on water, wooded slopes, and treetops as a personal record of a mountain lake view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, evergreen trees, distant wooded hills, pale sky, shoreline bands, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, a strong purple-blue color cast, slight exposure variation, and gentle handheld movement that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short nature insert, place-setting transition, travel-memory beat, or calm cutaway between broader California outdoor sequences.
Historical context: The images document a quiet mountain-lake view as seen by a home-movie camera, without visible crowds, structures, boats, or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should still be checked by the buyer.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1938 8mm Bucks Lake California footage, Sierra Nevada lake home movie, vintage pine forest landscape, and 1930s outdoor travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1938 Bucks Lake material, then with vintage California lake, forest, and mountain recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Bucks Lake, California, seen in 1938 8mm footage with blue water, pine treetops, distant hills, and dark frame borders. — Lake water and forested hills viewed past evergreen treetops.

A 1938 Bucks Lake view across blue water toward a wooded hillside, with soft pine shapes in the foreground. — Forested shoreline and hillside across the lake.

Bucks Lake landscape in 1938 8mm footage, with foreground pines, blue water, and low forested hills. — Pines frame a lake view with wooded hills beyond.

A dark pine silhouette overlooks Bucks Lake in 1938 footage, with blue water and a hazy shoreline beyond. — Tall pines stand above the lake with the far shore fading in haze.

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