Bucks Lake California-1938: Woman in White Dress Sets Object Near Tent

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

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Woman in White Dress Sets Object Near Tent — Clip Details

BUCKS LAKE CALIFORNIA-1938: A woman in a light-colored dress stands near a tent in a wooded campsite, setting an object on the ground beside a vintage white car. The scene, captured on 8mm film, shows a classic 1930s family camping trip with a distinct purple color cast and film grain. The woman moves slowly, interacting with items near the tent entrance, while the surrounding pine trees and natural light suggest a sunny day. This authentic home movie footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American outdoor recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127261377

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 home-movie requests needing family camping, roadside travel, or outdoor recreation footage from Bucks Lake, California.
Period detail: The rounded white car, canvas tent, light dress, and 8mm color home-movie format support a late-1930s camping scene, with the supplied date placing it in 1938.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as a woman tends to objects at a campsite while the camera observes from a fixed, casual distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white 1930s car, canvas tent, wooded campsite, woman in a light dress, ground objects, tree trunks, and sunlit shade.
Film character: The footage has a purple color cast, soft 8mm grain, uneven exposure, and steady but informal framing that preserve the scanned home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, camping cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within a sequence about early automobile recreation.
Historical context: The scene shows leisure camping with a car beside a tent, offering visual context for family outdoor travel without proving specific ownership or purpose.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are clear, and copyright clearance remains separate from privacy or property considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 8mm camping footage, Bucks Lake home movies, 1930s California outdoor recreation, woman by tent, and vintage car campsite.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bucks Lake 1938 clips, then broader 1930s camping, tents, cars, and family travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Bucks Lake in 1938, a woman stands near a tent entrance beside a rounded white car in a shaded campsite. — Woman stands near a canvas tent beside a white car at a wooded campsite.

At the Bucks Lake campsite, the woman appears to bend toward objects near the tent while a white 1930s car remains parked nearby. — Woman tends to something near the tent entrance beside the parked car.

The campsite view holds on the tent and white car as the woman moves out of clear view among trees and tent fabric. — Tent and white car remain in frame as the woman becomes partly hidden.

The final frame shows the white car, tent entrance, and trees at the 1938 Bucks Lake campsite after the woman has moved from clear view. — Campsite view with the tent and rounded white car after the woman moves away.

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