Bucks Lake California-1938: View Of Log Cabin With Stone Chimney Amid Pine Trees

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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 Log Cabin With Stone Chimney Amid Pine Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a rustic log cabin nestled among tall pine trees at Bucks Lake, California. The footage, bathed in a distinct purple tint likely from film aging or processing, shows the cabin's stone chimney and wooden structure partially obscured by evergreen foliage. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic atmosphere of a mid-century mountain retreat, with natural light filtering through the trees on what appears to be a sunny day. This archival clip offers authentic period detail for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific visual research.

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: 127261571

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: Supports 1930s mountain-resort or rural-cabin archive requests needing authentic 8mm home-movie cutaways from Bucks Lake, California.
Period detail: The log construction, steep roofline, stone chimney, and wooded setting may show rustic recreational architecture visible in a late-1930s family travel film.
Home-movie behavior: The shot has the quiet, observational feel of a traveler briefly filming a cabin through trees rather than staging a formal property view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a log cabin wall, steep roof, stone chimney, tall pine trunks, dense evergreen branches, low brush, and sunlit patches.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld framing, and a strong purple-blue color cast that reads as physical-film aging or processing character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief exterior insert, mountain-retreat transition, or memory beat before broader Bucks Lake or family-vacation material.
Historical context: The clip visually places leisure or lodging in a wooded Sierra Nevada lakeside setting without showing people, vehicles, signs, or public events.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or music are visible or indicated, but copyright, location, and any property-use questions should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1938 Bucks Lake 8mm cabin, 1930s California mountain cabin, vintage home movie pine forest, and rustic log cabin chimney.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Bucks Lake or 1938 California footage, then broader mountain cabin, forest vacation, or rustic retreat material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bucks Lake 8mm frame showing a log cabin, steep roof, stone chimney, pine trunks, and dense evergreen foliage. — A rustic cabin and stone chimney are seen through tall pines at Bucks Lake.

Bucks Lake cabin exterior in a purple-tinted 8mm frame, with a stone chimney and roof partly obscured by pines. — The cabin remains partly concealed behind evergreen branches and a large tree trunk.

Purple-blue 8mm frame of the Bucks Lake log cabin facade, with a steep roofline, chimney, pines, and brush. — The camera view shifts closer to the cabin facade and roofline among the trees.

Late-1930s Bucks Lake home-movie frame showing a rustic cabin and stone chimney filtered through pine forest foliage. — A final brief view shows the cabin exterior screened by pines and deep forest shade.

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