Fort Ross California-1938: Historic Wooden Building With Clock-Topped Cupola

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

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Historic Wooden Building With Clock-Topped Cupola — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this archival footage captures a historic wooden structure at Fort Ross, California. The building features a distinctive cupola with a clock face and a sloped metal roof, set against a backdrop of forested hills. The black-and-white image shows weathered wood siding, multiple windows, and a dark fence in the foreground. A few indistinct figures appear near the base of the building, suggesting daily activity at the preserved site. The film exhibits natural grain and soft focus typical of vintage home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into early 20th-century California history.

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: 127262655

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: 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: 1930s California archive footage for productions needing a brief exterior view of a historic wooden Fort Ross building.
Period detail: Weathered board siding, multi-pane windows, a metal roof, and a clock-faced cupola may show preserved historic-site architecture as filmed in 1938.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the building from below while small indistinct people move near the base.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the wooden building, sloped roof, clock cupola, multi-pane windows, dark foreground fence, wooded hillside, and small figures.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white footage shows soft focus, visible grain, mild gate framing, and handheld composition consistent with home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, establishing insert, or memory beat for Fort Ross, historic preservation, or California travel material.
Historical context: The view documents a public historic-site exterior and surrounding wooded landscape without making claims about a specific event or activity.
Research note: People are indistinct but visible, so likeness review may still be needed, separate from copyright or site/property permissions.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1938 8mm Fort Ross, California historic wooden building, clock cupola, home movie, and preserved fort exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Fort Ross views, then broader historic California site exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Fort Ross exterior view of a weathered wooden building with a clock-topped cupola, windows, dark fence, hillside, and small people below. — Weathered wooden Fort Ross building with cupola and hillside backdrop.

Fort Ross building exterior in 1938, showing the sloped roof, clock cupola, multi-pane windows, dark fence, wooded hill, and indistinct visitors. — Clock-topped cupola above the historic wooden building at Fort Ross.

Cropped 1938 Fort Ross view emphasizing the cupola clock, roofline, rows of windows, dark foreground fence, hillside, and indistinct people. — Cropped view of the cupola, roofline, windows, and fence.

Late shot of the Fort Ross wooden structure, with the clock cupola, sloped roof, window row, dark fence, wooded hillside, and indistinct visitors. — Historic wooden structure at Fort Ross seen behind a dark fence.

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