El Dorado City California-1938: Cowboy On Horse At Log Cabin With Dining Room Sign

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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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Cowboy On Horse At Log Cabin With Dining Room Sign — Clip Details

A man in a cowboy hat and plaid shirt rides a light-colored horse in front of a rustic log cabin in El Dorado City, California, 1938. The 8mm home movie footage, shot in bright daylight, shows the rider adjusting his reins and guiding the horse past a wooden structure with a 'Dining Room' sign. The scene has a distinct purple color cast, characteristic of aged film, with visible grain and slight camera shake. This vintage clip captures a nostalgic moment of Western Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127262361

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: Yes
Minors 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 Western Americana requests needing home-movie footage of a cowboy-styled rider outside a rustic roadside dining stop in California.
Period detail: The cowboy hat, plaid shirt, log-cabin facade, horse, and painted dining-room sign may show tourist-era Western styling visible in the late 1930s footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as the rider handles the reins and moves slowly near the building while the camera watches from a visitor viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a light-colored horse, adult male rider, cowboy hat, plaid shirt, log construction, dining-room signage, roadway, and tall trees.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries purple color shift, soft focus, visible grain, daylight exposure, and slight handheld movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transition for Western tourism, roadside dining, horseback riding, or California travel sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a public-facing rustic Western setting with a mounted adult visitor or performer, but the frames do not confirm the building's exact identity.
Research note: A visible adult face and signage call for likeness and brand or location review; copyright status is separate from any people, sign, or property permissions.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1938 8mm California cowboy on horse, El Dorado City dining room sign, rustic log cabin roadside stop, and vintage Western home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other El Dorado City 1938 material, then broader horseback, roadside attraction, and Western-themed travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In El Dorado City, California, 1938, an adult rider in a cowboy hat sits on a light-colored horse near a log-fronted building. — A cowboy-styled rider pauses on horseback beside the rustic log structure.

The rider and horse move in front of a rustic El Dorado City building, with log beams and partial signage visible above. — The horse turns toward the camera as the rider holds the reins near the building entrance.

A log-fronted roadside building in El Dorado City shows a large Dining Room sign above the roofline and trees in the background. — The camera frames the dining-room sign and log-style facade without the rider centered.

The rider on a light-colored horse passes the rustic dining-room building in El Dorado City, with signage, roadway, and tall trees visible. — The mounted figure moves away from the log-fronted dining-room building.

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