Bucks Lake California-1938: German Shepherd Dog Standing Near Tent at Night

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

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German Shepherd Dog Standing Near Tent at Night — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Bucks Lake, California, in 1938, showing a German Shepherd dog standing alert in front of a tent at night. The footage has a distinct purple color cast, likely from early film stock or nighttime exposure, with the dog positioned near a tree trunk. The scene captures a quiet, candid moment of a pet during a camping trip, with the tent and surrounding foliage visible in the background. The grainy texture and slight motion blur are characteristic of 8mm film from the era.

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: 127261200

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm camping footage for productions needing a brief nocturnal pet or campsite cutaway from a California home movie.
Period detail: The canvas tent, simple camp setup, and 8mm color rendering may show late-1930s recreational camping details without identifiable modern objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie moment as a German Shepherd stands alert near a tent during a nighttime camping scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a German Shepherd, canvas tent wall, tree trunk, hanging cords or lines, dark foliage, ground edge, and heavy shadow.
Film character: The footage has dense grain, soft focus, purple-blue color cast, low-light exposure, and slight frame instability typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet insert, nighttime transition, camping memory beat, or animal cutaway within a 1930s outdoor sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for family camping and pet presence in an outdoor setting, while avoiding broader claims beyond the visible campsite.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1938 Bucks Lake camping dog, 1930s 8mm campsite, German Shepherd near tent, and vintage home movie pet footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Bucks Lake 1938 camping clips, then broader 1930s outdoor recreation or pet home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

German Shepherd stands near a canvas tent and tree at Bucks Lake, California, in 1938 nighttime home-movie footage. — A German Shepherd stands alert beside a tent and tree in the dim campsite scene.

The German Shepherd remains near the lower edge of the frame beside the tent and tree in the 1938 Bucks Lake campsite footage. — The dog is partially framed below the tent wall, with the tree trunk and shadows dominating the scene.

A German Shepherd appears low in the frame in front of the canvas tent and tree at the Bucks Lake campsite. — The dog is more centered beneath the tent wall, with foliage shadowing the left side of the frame.

The German Shepherd stands near the tent and tree in the final Bucks Lake frame, with a dark film mark visible on the tent area. — The closing frame keeps the dog near the tent while a dark film mark crosses the low-light scene.

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