Bucks Lake California-1938: Woman Washing Laundry By Hand On Dock

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

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Woman Washing Laundry By Hand On Dock — Clip Details

A woman in a light-colored blouse and floral skirt sits on a wooden dock at Bucks Lake, California, in 1938, washing clothes by hand in the water. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her methodically scrubbing and rinsing garments, her bare feet dangling near the water's edge. The scene is bathed in a distinct purple-blue tint, characteristic of vintage home movie film, with visible grain and soft focus. Her movements are deliberate and focused, reflecting a quiet, everyday chore from the era. The calm water and rustic dock create a nostalgic, intimate moment of domestic life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127261051

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 1930s home-movie requests needing domestic labor, lakeside camp life, or everyday rural recreation material for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The clothing, wooden dock, hand washing, and 8mm home-movie format support a late-1930s domestic scene at Bucks Lake, based on supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears unposed as she sits barefoot on the dock, bends toward the water, and rinses a garment by hand in a practical household chore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated woman, floral skirt, light blouse, bare feet, wooden dock planks, white laundry, and dark blue lake water.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, handheld framing, and a purple-blue color shift that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, domestic-life cutaway, memory beat, or transition into lake camping and household routines.
Historical context: The clip visually places laundry work outdoors beside a lake, suggesting a practical domestic task during a stay near the water without proving wider social conditions.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness require review, while no logos, children, audible music, or clear private-property identifiers are visible in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 8mm home movie laundry, Bucks Lake California woman washing clothes, lakeside domestic chore, and Depression-era home footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Bucks Lake or 1938 California material, then related themes of camp chores, water, and domestic labor.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Bucks Lake in 1938, a woman in a light blouse and floral skirt sits barefoot on a wooden dock near the water. — A woman sits at the dock edge with her bare feet near the lake while handling laundry.

The woman leans forward from the wooden dock at Bucks Lake, reaching toward the water while washing by hand. — Leaning over the dock, she reaches down to rinse or scrub clothing in the lake.

The 1938 home-movie frame shows the woman seated sideways on the dock, continuing to wash clothing at the lake edge. — She remains seated on the dock, working close to the water with laundry beside her.

At Bucks Lake, the woman lifts a pale garment from the water while seated barefoot on the wooden dock. — She raises a piece of laundry above the lake after rinsing it by hand.

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