Bucks Lake California-1938: Pine Trees And Mountains Circle The Body Of Water

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

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Pine Trees And Mountains Circle The Body Of Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of Bucks Lake, California. Tall pine trees frame the foreground, their dark silhouettes contrasting against the deep blue, almost purple-toned water. Distant mountains rise behind the lake, their slopes softly defined under a hazy sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color shifts, evoking a nostalgic, timeless quality. The camera remains steady, offering a tranquil, panoramic perspective of the natural landscape.

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: 127261913

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 for documentary cutaways, regional history segments, nature montages, or period travel context.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1930s leisure filming through its steady amateur framing, saturated reversal-film color, and undeveloped mountain-lake setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler pausing to record a scenic overlook rather than documenting an event or posed subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pine trees in the foreground, blue-purple lake water, distant mountain slopes, hazy sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, strong blue-purple color shift, soft focus, mild exposure variation, and visible gate edges as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a quiet establishing insert, scenic transition, location cutaway, or reflective memory beat in a landscape or travel sequence.
Historical context: The view presents Bucks Lake as a calm mountain recreation landscape, with no visible people, vehicles, buildings, signage, or commercial activity in the sampled frames.
Research note: No faces, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location-based property considerations for their use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1938 8mm Bucks Lake footage, California mountain lake home movie, vintage pine trees and water, and 1930s lake landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Bucks Lake or California lake views, then broader 1930s mountain and pine landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Bucks Lake view with a tall pine in front of blue-purple water and hazy mountains beyond. — Tall pine trees frame Bucks Lake with a distant mountain ridge across the water.

Bucks Lake, California, seen through pine trees with distant mountain slopes under a hazy sky. — A pine-lined view looks across the lake toward softly defined mountain slopes.

1938 home-movie frame of Bucks Lake with a large pine in the foreground and mountains across the water. — The camera holds on a quiet lake view framed by tall conifers.

Blue-purple 8mm view of Bucks Lake framed by pines, with distant mountains across the water. — Pines and dark film edges frame the lake and mountain backdrop.

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