Bucks Lake California-1938: A Person Is Putting In Their Wet Suit Getting Ready

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

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A Person Is Putting In Their Wet Suit Getting Ready — Clip Details

BUCKS LAKE CALIFORNIA-1938: A person in a wet suit stands in a dimly lit, purple-tinted environment, possibly a cabin or shelter, preparing for an activity. The individual adjusts their gear, holding a helmet or mask, with a focused expression. The scene transitions to a wide, nighttime view of Bucks Lake, where numerous small lights dot the water's surface, likely from lanterns or reflections, creating a serene, glowing expanse. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the quiet anticipation of a lakeside adventure under the night sky.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127261139

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 California home-movie requests needing brief nighttime lake atmosphere and a person preparing gear in an 8mm archive context.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1930s recreational clothing or equipment, though the purple exposure and darkness limit identification of specific garments or gear.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged vacation perspective, moving from a person handling equipment to distant lake lights seen from shore or a raised vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a person in a dim interior or sheltered space, dark clothing or gear, a handheld object, black frame borders, lake darkness, and scattered points of light.
Film character: The 8mm scan has heavy grain, deep underexposure, purple color shift, soft focus, and contact-frame borders that emphasize its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short transition, nocturnal cutaway, or memory beat between outdoor recreation and lakeside night material.
Historical context: The scene suggests a recreational lakeside outing where preparation and nighttime views were recorded as personal travel memories rather than formal documentation.
Research note: People are visible and at least one face may be partly visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright or footage licensing checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Bucks Lake California 8mm home movie, nighttime lake lights, lakeside recreation preparation, and vintage vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bucks Lake 1938 material, then broader 1930s California lake recreation or night-water scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bucks Lake home-movie frame showing a person in dim purple light handling gear in an interior or sheltered setting. — A person stands in low light while handling gear before the nighttime lake views.

Nighttime Bucks Lake view with scattered bright lights and heavy purple 8mm color shift. — Small points of light scatter across a dark lake or shoreline at night.

1938 Bucks Lake nighttime home-movie frame with clustered lights across a dark water or shore view. — A wide nocturnal view shows clusters of lights across the lake scene.

Bucks Lake at night in a purple-tinted 8mm frame, with bright lights scattered across the dark view. — The final frame holds on scattered lake or shoreline lights in deep night exposure.

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