Bucks Lake California-1938: Beautiful Blue-Tinted Scene Of A Lake Between Pine Trees And Mountains

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

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Beautiful Blue-Tinted Scene Of A Lake Between Pine Trees... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene, blue-tinted landscape of Bucks Lake, California. Tall pine trees frame the view of the calm lake, with distant mountains rising under a soft sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, evoking a nostalgic, timeless feel. A subtle camera pan reveals more of the tranquil wilderness, highlighting the natural beauty of the Sierra Nevada region. This archival clip offers authentic, unscripted scenery ideal for historical or nature-themed projects.

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: 127261937

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm landscape footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial projects needing a quiet California mountain-lake establishing view.
Period detail: The frames show no dated signs or people, so the 1938 period attribution rests on supplied clip metadata rather than visible era-specific objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler or family filmmaker pausing on a scenic lake view from among tall pines.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue-tinted lake water, dark pine trunks, evergreen branches, a distant mountain ridge, soft sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries blue color cast, soft focus, gate edges, mild jitter, and small specks that read as authentic 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, reflective transition, nature cutaway, or memory beat within a Sierra Nevada or travel sequence.
Historical context: The view documents a recreational mountain-lake landscape as seen by an amateur 1930s camera, without visible infrastructure or identifiable visitors.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property considerations separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s 8mm California lake, Bucks Lake home movie, blue-tinted mountain scenery, pine trees and lake footage, and vintage Sierra Nevada landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Bucks Lake or 1938 California material, and then with vintage mountain, forest, and lake scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

Bucks Lake, California landscape from 1938 metadata, showing blue lake water, distant mountains, and tall pines at the frame edges. — A blue-toned lake and mountain view is framed by tall evergreen trees.

Blue-tinted 8mm frame of Bucks Lake scenery, with a calm lake, mountain ridge, and evergreen trees partially blocking the view. — Evergreen trees frame the lake surface and hazy mountain ridge beyond.

A foreground pine dominates this 1938 Bucks Lake frame, with blue lake water and a distant Sierra Nevada ridge behind it. — A large pine tree stands in front of the blue lake and mountain backdrop.

Bucks Lake landscape with a large evergreen in the foreground, blue-tinted water, and a mountain ridge visible across the lake. — The view settles on a pine-framed lake scene with mountains across the water.

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