Bucks Lake California-1938: View Of A Mill Or Older Wooden Structure

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

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View Of A Mill Or Older Wooden Structure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a rustic wooden structure at Bucks Lake, California, bathed in a striking purple-blue color cast typical of aged film. The building, possibly a mill or cabin, features a gabled roof and log construction with a prominent wooden railing and steps. A person in period attire walks down the steps, adding life to the scene. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century rural life in the Sierra Nevada.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127261442

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 rural California or Sierra Nevada home-movie requests needing an exterior view of a rustic wooden lakeside or resort structure.
Period detail: The steep gabled roof, log-style siding, railings, steps, and period automobile may show late-1930s recreational or rural mountain architecture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor viewpoint as a person walks near the steps while the camera holds on the building from a short distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a gabled wooden building, broad roof planes, porch railings, exterior steps, a walking figure, trees, and a parked vintage car.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries heavy purple-blue color shift, visible grain, soft focus, gate edges, and contact-sheet framing that preserve its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, rural transition, mountain-resort cutaway, or memory beat within a 1930s travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday leisure or travel documentation around Bucks Lake without enough visual evidence to identify the building's exact use.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, property, and location identification should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 8mm Bucks Lake footage, rural California wooden structure, vintage mountain cabin exterior, or home movie of a mill-like building.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Bucks Lake 1938 clips, then broader 1930s rural California structures or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bucks Lake footage showing a rustic wooden structure with steep roof, porch rail, steps, and a distant person near the entrance. — A gabled wooden building and porch area appear in purple-blue shifted 8mm footage.

Bucks Lake exterior view with a rustic wooden building, porch railings, steps, a walking figure, and a partial vintage automobile. — A person passes in front of the wooden structure near railings and steps.

Purple-blue 8mm frame of the Bucks Lake wooden structure with roofline, porch rail, steps, a distant person, and part of a parked car. — The camera catches the structure's porch railing and a figure near the lower steps.

Bucks Lake building exterior with extended railing, dark windows, a parked period car, and aged 8mm color shift and scratches. — A parked car sits below the long porch railing of the rustic wooden building.

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