Bucks Lake California-1938: Vintage Video Of A Man In A Rowboat On A Lake

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

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Vintage Video Of A Man In A Rowboat On A Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene at Bucks Lake, California. The clip opens with a wide view of a calm lake bordered by dense forest under a twilight sky, bathed in a deep blue hue. A man in a rowboat appears, gently rowing across the water, his figure small against the vast natural landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, evoking a nostalgic, timeless quality. This archival clip offers a peaceful glimpse into mid-20th century 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: 127260923

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 lake footage suited for documentary inserts about outdoor recreation, quiet travel, or rural leisure in archival sequences.
Period detail: The small rowboat, wooded shoreline, and soft 8mm color may show late-1930s recreational boating, with no visible signage or landmarks to identify beyond the supplied Bucks Lake metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, observing a lone rower from shore as the boat moves slowly across a broad mountain lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm lake, forested shoreline, low hills, cloudy sky, a small rowboat, one seated person, oars, and blue-tinted film edges.
Film character: The 8mm image carries pronounced grain, deep blue color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that add useful archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, transition, memory beat, or establishing insert for lakeside travel and outdoor recreation material.
Historical context: The footage places a private leisure moment within a forested California lake setting, suggesting small-scale recreation rather than a public event or commercial scene.
Research note: One person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, brands, music, or clear private property are visible in the provided frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm lake rowboat footage, Bucks Lake California home movie, vintage boating on mountain lake, and forest shoreline travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Bucks Lake footage, then broader vintage California lake, boating, forest, and outdoor recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bucks Lake home-movie frame showing calm water, wooded hills, cloudy sky, and heavy blue 8mm color shift. — A wide lake view with forested hills and dark frame edges.

Wide 8mm view of Bucks Lake, California, with water, trees, distant hills, and a blue-toned sky. — The camera holds on the lake and wooded shoreline.

Blue-shifted 1938 home-movie frame of Bucks Lake with forested shore, low hills, and open water. — A quiet shoreline view with no people visible in this frame.

At Bucks Lake in 1938, a distant person sits in a small rowboat on blue-tinted water near a wooded shoreline. — A lone rower appears small against the lake and trees.

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