Lake Tahoe California-1938: View Of Misty Mountains And Tree On A Cloudy Day

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationLake Tahoe, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Lake Tahoe California

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View Of Misty Mountains And Tree On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a misty mountain landscape at Lake Tahoe, California. The scene unfolds with a deep blue-purple color cast, likely due to film aging or filter effects, showing layered mountain ranges under a cloudy sky. A dark tree silhouette stands in the foreground on the left, while the vast, hazy terrain stretches into the distance. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight instability, characteristic of amateur Super 8 recordings from the era. This archival clip evokes a sense of quiet nostalgia and offers authentic period footage for historical or documentary projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127263541

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: Lake Tahoe, 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 Lake Tahoe mountain footage for documentary inserts, regional history sequences, environmental context, or memory-led archival transitions.
Period detail: The scene may show prewar-era amateur travel filming, with no visible buildings, vehicles, people, or dated landmarks beyond the supported 1938 Lake Tahoe metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The framing has a visitor-shot quality, lingering on layered hills and a foreground tree rather than staging action or presenting a formal scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include hazy mountain ridges, a cloudy pale sky, wooded slopes, a dark tree silhouette, soft focus, and heavy blue-purple film color.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows grain, gate edges, slight weave, soft focus, and a strong blue-purple cast that reads as physical-film texture from aging or exposure conditions.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet landscape cutaway, travel-memory beat, atmospheric transition, or regional establishing insert for Lake Tahoe material.
Historical context: The clip provides a natural landscape view of Lake Tahoe without visible development or people, useful as cautious visual context for outdoor travel in the late 1930s.
Research note: No people, logos, audible music, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any collection-specific restrictions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searchers might look for 1938 8mm Lake Tahoe mountains, misty California landscape, vintage home movie scenery, or blue-tinted mountain footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1938 Lake Tahoe scenes, then broader 1930s mountain, forest, weather, or travel landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame showing hazy mountain ridges, wooded slopes, and a dark foreground tree under cloudy sky. — Misty mountain ridges and a dark tree silhouette appear through a strong blue-purple film cast.

1938 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame with layered hazy ridges, forested hillside, pale cloudy sky, and visible film borders. — Layered Lake Tahoe mountain slopes recede into haze beneath a pale cloudy sky.

1938 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame showing a misty hillside, distant ridges, cloudy sky, and partial tree silhouette at the edge. — A partial tree silhouette frames the lower edge of a hazy Lake Tahoe mountain view.

1938 Lake Tahoe 8mm frame of a blue-purple wooded slope, distant mountain layers, cloudy sky, and soft film texture. — A wooded slope and distant ridgelines fill the frame in blue-purple archival color.

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