Bucks Lake California-1938: Man Rowing Canoe On Calm Lake At Dusk

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

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Man Rowing Canoe On Calm Lake At Dusk — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a man rowing a small canoe across the calm waters of Bucks Lake, California. The scene unfolds under a deep blue twilight sky, with the lake's surface reflecting the cool, monochromatic hue. A dense forest of tall evergreen trees lines the distant shore, creating a serene and isolated natural setting. The man, seated in the canoe, paddles steadily, his movements creating gentle ripples. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color distortion of early 8mm film, enhancing its nostalgic and historic quality. This archival clip offers a peaceful glimpse into mid-20th century outdoor recreation and personal memory.

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: 127260932

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: Useful for requests needing 1930s 8mm outdoor recreation footage, quiet lake travel, or a reflective nature cutaway for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s leisure boating, with a simple small craft, distant forested shoreline, and home-movie framing as the main visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged personal moment of a lone rower moving steadily across calm water, filmed from shore as a family or travel memory.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small rowboat or canoe, one seated adult, oars, rippled lake water, dark evergreen shoreline, low hills, dusk-blue sky, and film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has strong blue color shift, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and contact-sheet density changes that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet insert, transition, location cutaway, or memory beat between broader scenes of travel, camping, lakes, or rural recreation.
Historical context: The scene documents modest outdoor leisure in a forested California lake setting without visible crowds, signage, vehicles, or commercial infrastructure.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may still apply, while copyright, location, and property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 8mm home movie of Bucks Lake, California, man rowing on lake at dusk, vintage canoe footage, and forest lake recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring footage from the same reel, then other Bucks Lake or 1938 California clips, then broader lake, boating, camping, and forest-travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bucks Lake home-movie frame showing a distant adult rowing a small boat on blue-toned water with evergreen trees beyond. — A lone rower moves across the lake near the forested shoreline.

Blue-shifted 8mm frame from Bucks Lake showing a lone adult rowing away from the forested shoreline in 1938 footage. — The rower continues across open water with trees in the distance.

A distant adult rows a small boat on Bucks Lake, with soft 8mm grain, blue dusk tones, and a dark evergreen background. — The boat sits low in the frame as oars spread across the water.

Bucks Lake 1938 frame with a lone adult rower centered on blue water below a dense evergreen shoreline. — The lone rower remains visible against the still lake and dark trees.

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