Emerald Bay California-1938: Large Cliff Side With Multiple Dips And Valleys And

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationEmerald Bay, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Emerald Bay California

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Large Cliff Side With Multiple Dips And Valleys And — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a rugged mountain landscape at Emerald Bay, California. The footage shows a steep, rocky cliff face with multiple dips and valleys, scattered evergreen trees, and a distinctive blue tint characteristic of early color film. The camera remains steady, offering a panoramic view of the natural terrain under a clear sky. The grainy texture and color shifts reflect the era's film technology, making it ideal for historical documentaries, archival projects, or nostalgic content about early 20th-century American wilderness.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127262545

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: Emerald Bay, 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 landscape footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial projects needing a brief California wilderness establishing view.
Period detail: The blue-tinted small-gauge color, soft focus, and steady outdoor framing support the 1938 home-movie period noted in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the terrain from a visitor-shot viewpoint, valuing the scenic cliff face rather than staged action or identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rocky cliff slope, shallow valleys, evergreen trees, ridge line, clear sky, dark film borders, and blue-purple color cast.
Film character: The scan shows grain, soft resolution, uneven exposure, and blue color shift consistent with aged 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, scenic cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into Lake Tahoe and Emerald Bay material.
Historical context: The view reflects recreational attention to rugged California scenery without making claims about named landmarks beyond the supplied Emerald Bay metadata.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but users should still confirm copyright status and any location or property concerns for their use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 8mm Emerald Bay landscape, California cliff home movie, 1930s wilderness footage, and vintage rocky ridge view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1938 Emerald Bay or Lake Tahoe clips, then broader 1930s California wilderness and mountain landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Emerald Bay, California 8mm frame showing a rugged rocky slope, small evergreen trees, and a pale sky with strong blue color shift. — Blue-tinted home-movie view of a rocky Emerald Bay cliff and scattered evergreens.

1938 Emerald Bay, California frame with a broad rocky hillside, shallow dips, evergreen clusters, and dark vertical film edges. — Rugged hillside and valley dips in a steady 8mm scenic shot.

1938 Emerald Bay, California home-movie frame showing the same cliff slope, tree patches, ridge line, and aged blue-purple color cast. — Aged 8mm frame holding on the rocky cliff face and scattered trees.

1938 Emerald Bay, California frame with rocky terrain, small evergreens, a distant ridge, clear sky, and visible 8mm scan borders. — Steady scenic view of rocky Emerald Bay terrain near the end of the clip.

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