El Dorado City California-1938: Man Rides Horse Kicks Up Dirt And Dust Building

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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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Man Rides Horse Kicks Up Dirt And Dust Building — Clip Details

A man rides a horse through a wooded area in El Dorado City, California, in 1938. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures the rider in a dark jacket and light pants as the horse kicks up dirt and dust. The footage has a distinct purple tint and grainy texture, characteristic of vintage home movies. The scene unfolds in a rural setting with trees and a building visible in the background. The man adjusts his hat while riding, and the horse moves steadily through the dusty path. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century Americana, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or vintage film collections.

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: 127262410

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 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 rural California archive requests needing horseback riding, dusty road movement, or home-movie views of western everyday life.
Period detail: The rider's hat, open woodland setting, and 8mm home-movie look may show late-1930s rural recreation rather than a staged western scene.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an informal rider passing through frame, adjusting his hat while the horse moves through dust near trees and a building.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mounted man, a light-colored horse, dust on the path, tree trunks, a small building, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The clip has purple color shift, soft focus, grain, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing that preserve the texture of original 8mm footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, rural transition, western-life cutaway, or memory beat within a 1930s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage offers a small-scale view of horseback travel or recreation in a wooded California setting without proving a public event or named location beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note: A visible adult rider may require likeness review, and the building or land context should be checked separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1938 El Dorado City 8mm horse rider, rural California home movie, dusty horseback footage, or vintage western riding scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 El Dorado City material, then rural California horseback or western home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1938 El Dorado City, California footage, a man rides a light-colored horse past trees with a building partly visible behind him. — A mounted rider passes through a wooded area with a structure in the background.

The rider continues past tree trunks in El Dorado City, with the horse's back and a nearby building visible in the frame. — The horse moves past trees while a small building appears in the background.

A man in a dark jacket and light pants rides a horse across a dusty path, softened by motion blur and purple 8mm color shift. — The rider crosses the frame as dust and motion blur obscure the path.

The horse and rider move away through a dusty wooded area in the El Dorado City home-movie footage. — Dust rises around the rider as the horse moves deeper into the trees.

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