Bucks Lake California-1938: A Big Lake With Mountains And 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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A Big Lake With Mountains And Pine Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of Bucks Lake, California. The footage shows a vast lake framed by tall pine trees in the foreground, with distant mountains under a soft blue sky. The entire scene is bathed in a distinctive purple-blue tint, characteristic of early color film processes. The camera remains steady, offering a peaceful, nostalgic glimpse of natural beauty from the late 1930s. This archival clip is ideal for historical documentaries, nature projects, or vintage-themed content.

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: 127261853

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 home-movie lake scenery suited to documentary inserts, regional history sequences, nature cutaways, or period memory passages.
Period detail: The visible scene shows pine-lined mountain lake scenery, with the 1938 Bucks Lake identification supported by supplied clip metadata rather than visible signage.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a quiet visitor-shot view across the water, valuing the landscape as a travel memory rather than staging any activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad blue lake, dark pine trees, distant mountain ridges, pale sky, shoreline bands, film gate edges, and purple-blue color cast.
Film character: The clip has an 8mm physical-film texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, gate borders, and a pronounced purple-blue tint.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic establishing insert, a transition into Sierra Nevada travel material, or a reflective cutaway for a 1930s home-movie passage.
Historical context: The footage offers a period amateur view of California mountain recreation scenery without showing people, buildings, vehicles, or identifiable events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 8mm Bucks Lake footage, California mountain lake home movie, pine trees and lake archival footage, and 1930s scenic nature film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1938 Bucks Lake or California mountain material, then with broader lake, pine forest, and travel-memory footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bucks Lake home-movie frame showing pine silhouettes, broad blue water, and distant mountain ridges with a purple-blue film tint. — Pine trees and mountain ridges across Bucks Lake, seen through a tinted 8mm frame.

Bucks Lake, California, appears across a steady 8mm view with foreground pines, distant mountains, and soft purple-blue color. — A steady scenic view across Bucks Lake toward the mountain ridge beyond.

8mm frame from 1938 Bucks Lake footage showing blue water, pine tops, distant ridges, and visible film texture. — Blue lake water and pine tops beneath the distant Bucks Lake mountain backdrop.

Final Bucks Lake frame shows calm blue water, distant mountain slopes, low pines, and a tall right-edge tree in tinted 8mm color. — Calm lake water and distant mountains framed by pines at the edge of the film frame.

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