Bucks Lake California-1938: Nighttime Lake View With Lights And Wooden Pier On A Sunny Day

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationBucks Lake, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Bucks Lake California

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Nighttime Lake View With Lights And Wooden Pier On A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of Bucks Lake, California, under a clear sunny sky. The clip opens with a wide, atmospheric shot of the lake at dusk or night, its surface shimmering with scattered lights reflecting off the water, creating a dreamy, purple-tinged glow. The scene transitions to a daytime view of a wooden pier extending into the lake, surrounded by trees and natural foliage. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and slight camera movement, offering authentic archival footage of a peaceful lakeside setting.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127261147

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage for requests needing a brief Bucks Lake establishing view, night lights, or lakeside transition material.
Period detail: The frames may show prewar-era recreational lake scenery, with only the 1938 metadata and small-scale wooden lakeside structures offering period context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, moving between a distant nighttime lake view and a quiet daytime look toward a wooded lakeside structure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake or shoreline lights, dark water, a wooden pier or lakeside platform, trees, shadows, and a small rustic structure.
Film character: The scan shows dense 8mm grain, purple-blue color shift, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, memory beat, or transition between nighttime lake atmosphere and daytime recreation footage.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for private leisure filming around Bucks Lake without showing identifiable people or specific public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-related questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1938 Bucks Lake 8mm home movie, California lake lights at night, vintage wooden pier footage, and 1930s lakeside vacation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Bucks Lake or 1938 California material, then broader vintage lake and pier scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bucks Lake home-movie frame showing a dark lake or shoreline with scattered lights and a purple film cast. — Nighttime lights shimmer across a dark lakeside view.

Bucks Lake night view on 8mm film, with bright shoreline lights, dark water, and heavy blue-purple color shift. — A distant nighttime lakeside view with clustered lights.

1938 Bucks Lake frame showing a small wooden lakeside structure or pier area among trees in dappled daylight. — A shaded lakeside structure appears among trees in daylight.

Bucks Lake daytime frame with trees, a small wooden structure or pier edge, and mottled sunlight across the scene. — Trees and a small wooden lakeside structure fill the final frame.

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