El Dorado City California-1938: View Of Brown And Red House On A Sunday

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationEl Dorado City, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 El Dorado City California

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View Of Brown And Red House On A Sunday — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a rustic log cabin in El Dorado City, California. The structure features a shingled roof, two prominent dormer windows with white frames, and a covered porch supported by thick wooden logs. The footage, tinted with a distinct purple hue likely from film aging or processing, shows the cabin surrounded by tall evergreen trees. A sign reading 'DINING ROOM' is visible, suggesting it's a lodge or resort. The camera remains steady, offering a clear view of the building's classic mountain architecture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127262013

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: El Dorado City, 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 California travel, roadside lodging, mountain resort, or rustic architecture sequences needing real 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The shingled roof, log porch supports, dormer windows, and painted dining-room sign may show a 1930s lodge or resort building in El Dorado City.
Home-movie behavior: The clip holds on the building from a visitor's viewpoint, treating the cabin and its sign as a travel memory rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a log-style facade, covered porch, shingled roof, twin dormer windows, white window trim, evergreen trees, and a dining-room sign.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, steady framing, and a strong purple-blue color shift consistent with aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, place-setting cutaway, or quiet memory beat for rural California lodging or travel.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for recreational roadside or mountain lodging, with rustic materials used to present a cabin-like public building.
Research note: No people are visible, but the readable dining-room sign and identifiable exterior should be reviewed for copyright, trademark, and property concerns separately.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1938 8mm California lodge exterior, El Dorado City dining room sign, rustic log cabin home movie, or 1930s travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other El Dorado City 1938 exteriors, then broader 1930s California cabins, lodges, and travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 El Dorado City home-movie frame showing a rustic lodge or cabin exterior with log supports, dormers, evergreens, and a dining-room sign. — Rustic lodge exterior with visible dining-room sign and shingled roof.

El Dorado City 1938 frame showing the upper facade of a rustic lodge, with twin dormers, white-trimmed windows, and heavy log construction below. — Twin dormer windows and log-style porch entrance on the rustic building.

1938 home-movie frame from El Dorado City showing the lodge facade, shingled roof, central chimney, dormer windows, and log porch details. — Front facade of the lodge with dormers, chimney, and log porch construction.

El Dorado City 1938 frame holding on the rustic lodge exterior, with dormers, chimney, shingled roof, log porch, and aged purple-blue film color. — Held view of the rustic lodge facade under a purple-blue film cast.

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