Bucks Lake California-1938: Man Rowing Across The Lake In The Wooded Mountains

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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 Across The Lake In The Wooded Mountains — Clip Details

A man rows a small boat across the calm waters of Bucks Lake, California, in this 1938 8mm home movie. The scene unfolds under a soft, overcast sky, with dense evergreen forests lining the shoreline. The footage captures the quiet solitude of a lakeside outing, with the rower wearing a light-colored hat and shirt. The purple-tinted color grade and visible film grain give the clip a nostalgic, authentic vintage feel. The final frames shift to a close-up of the forest canopy, emphasizing the natural setting. This archival 8mm film offers a rare 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: 127260990

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 1930s archival requests needing quiet Northern California lake recreation, rowing, or wooded mountain scenery for documentary, museum, education, or period-memory sequences.
Period detail: The light clothing, small rowboat, and amateur 8mm handling may show late-1930s leisure travel and outdoor recreation, supported by the supplied 1938 Bucks Lake metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records an unstaged lakeside outing from a family or visitor perspective, holding briefly on a lone rower before drifting into surrounding trees.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small rowboat, a light-hatted rower, calm lake water, forested shoreline, wooded hills, overcast sky, tree branches, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has strong purple color shift, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing consistent with aged 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a quiet insert, location-establishing cutaway, transition from water to forest, or reflective memory beat in a recreation or travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene places outdoor leisure within a wooded mountain lake setting, emphasizing solitude and landscape rather than organized sport or identifiable public event.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or obvious private property appear, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 8mm Bucks Lake footage, California mountain lake rowing, vintage home movie forest lake, and 1930s outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1938 Bucks Lake or Northern California lake footage, then with broader vintage rowing and forest recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Bucks Lake, California in the supplied 1938 metadata, a distant rower in a small boat moves across calm water below wooded hills. — A lone rower crosses the lake with a forested shoreline behind them.

The camera shifts to a dim, purple-tinted view of dense forest growth near the Bucks Lake setting described in the metadata. — Dense trees fill the frame after the lake view.

A soft, grainy 8mm view looks into the forest canopy, with tree trunks and branches filling the purple-shifted frame. — The handheld camera looks into tall trees near the lakeshore.

Evergreen branches and a pale sky occupy the final frame, continuing the wooded Bucks Lake setting from the supplied metadata. — Evergreen branches frame the sky in the closing moment.

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