Fort Ross California-1938: Landmark Sign To Fort Ross In Black And White Film

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationFort Ross, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Fort Ross California

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Landmark Sign To Fort Ross In Black And White Film — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1938 captures the historic Fort Ross sign in black and white. The wooden landmark marker, reading 'FORT ROSS BUILT BY THE RUSSIANS IN 1812,' stands prominently in a grassy clearing surrounded by dense forest. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight camera shake, and natural lighting, offering a nostalgic glimpse of this California landmark. The scene is quiet and still, with no people present, emphasizing the historical sign and its natural setting.

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: 127262578

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: Fort Ross, 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: Supports 1930s editorial or documentary requests for visitor-shot California landmark footage, especially Fort Ross identification inserts or historic-site establishing material.
Period detail: The visible wooden sign naming Fort Ross and the black-and-white 8mm look support the 1938 metadata, with rustic buildings, open grass and forested hills as period setting clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a quiet visitor-shot perspective, holding on the roadside-style landmark sign rather than staging action or people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Fort Ross wooden sign, upright posts, grassy clearing, rustic wooden structures, a small path or road edge, dense trees and soft daylight.
Film character: The footage shows monochrome 8mm texture with visible grain, mild exposure variation, slight handheld instability and contact-print frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief location insert, transition marker, historical cutaway or memory beat before broader Fort Ross or California coast material.
Historical context: The sign identifies Fort Ross as built by Russians in 1812, while the footage itself shows a later visitor-era landmark marker in a rural wooded setting.
Research note: No people, faces, logos or audible music are visible or noted, but landmark signage and site context should still be reviewed for copyright, property and editorial-use considerations.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s Fort Ross 8mm footage, California historic landmark sign, black-and-white home movie Fort Ross and Russian settlement marker.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Fort Ross material, then with other 1938 Fort Ross or California landmark footage, then with historic-site signs and rural travel views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 black-and-white 8mm frame showing the Fort Ross sign reading built by the Russians in 1812, with grass, trees and wooden structures behind. — Fort Ross landmark sign stands in front of a wooded clearing and rustic buildings.

Black-and-white Fort Ross visitor view with the wooden sign centered, dense trees behind it and a small structure near the right edge. — The Fort Ross sign fills the frame, backed by trees and simple wooden structures.

1938 8mm still of the Fort Ross sign in a rural setting, with the Russian-built date text visible and rustic structures behind. — A visitor-held shot keeps the Fort Ross marker centered against grass and wooded buildings.

Black-and-white frame of the Fort Ross landmark sign at Fort Ross, California, with wooded hills, grass and simple site structures visible. — The landmark sign remains centered as the rural Fort Ross grounds sit in the background.

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