Bucks Lake California-1938: Woman Plays With Hungry Dog Next To The Water On A

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

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Woman Plays With Hungry Dog Next To The Water On A — Clip Details

A woman in a light-colored shirt and patterned skirt sits barefoot on a wooden raft at Bucks Lake, California, in 1938. She gently pets a large dog beside her while the water ripples around the raft. The 8mm home movie footage captures a quiet, intimate moment of companionship between the woman and her dog, with warm, slightly faded colors and natural film grain. The scene evokes a sense of nostalgia and simple outdoor leisure from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127261043

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 Northern California home-movie footage of lakeside leisure, a woman with a dog, or quiet outdoor companionship for documentary or museum edits.
Period detail: The clothing, bare feet, rough wooden raft, and faded 8mm color may show informal late-1930s recreation at Bucks Lake rather than a staged vacation scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged domestic moment as the woman sits on the raft, handles food or a small object, and responds gently to the dog beside the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated woman, a large dog, rippling lake water, a rough wooden raft, bare feet, a patterned skirt, and soft outdoor light.
Film character: The footage has warm faded color, visible grain, soft focus, and slight handheld instability that read as authentic 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, memory beat, or gentle transition for scenes about pets, lake vacations, rural leisure, or family home movies.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for casual outdoor recreation and pet companionship at a California lake, without identifying the woman or confirming the occasion.
Research note: A person and face are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Bucks Lake home movie, 8mm woman with dog on raft, 1930s California lake recreation, and vintage pet companionship footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bucks Lake 1938 footage, then broader 1930s lakeside recreation or woman-with-dog home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Bucks Lake in 1938, a woman sits barefoot on a wooden raft while a large dog rests or stands close beside her. — A woman sits on a rough raft with a dog close at her side on the lake.

At Bucks Lake in 1938, the woman bends toward the large dog from her seat on the wooden raft, with lake water behind them. — The woman reaches toward the dog as it stands near the edge of the raft.

At Bucks Lake in 1938, the woman sits on the wooden raft and glances toward the camera while the dog stands near her legs. — The woman looks back toward the camera while the dog moves beside her feet.

At Bucks Lake in 1938, the woman sits sideways on the rough raft, barefoot, as the dog is mostly out of frame near the lower edge. — The woman settles on the raft with the dog partly out of view near her feet.

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