Lake Tahoe California-1938: Martin's Lodge With American Flag Flying

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

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Martin's Lodge With American Flag Flying — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures Martin's Lodge at Lake Tahoe, California. The American flag flies proudly atop a wooden lodge with a wraparound porch, surrounded by tall pine trees under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits the characteristic color shift and grain of early Super 8 film, with a title card confirming the location. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century American vacation culture and resort life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127263613

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 Lake Tahoe home-movie footage for productions needing a brief resort-lodge exterior, American flag detail, or vacation travel cutaway.
Period detail: The title card and metadata support Lake Tahoe, California in 1938, with a simple wooden lodge, porch railings, flagpole, and tall pines visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the lodge and flag as a personal record of a Tahoe vacation stop rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden lodge, wraparound porch, American flag, flagpole, pine trees, blue sky, and a title card naming Martin's Lodge at Lake Tahoe.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows saturated blue color shift, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld steadiness typical of scanned home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, nostalgic travel cutaway, resort-life transition, or memory beat within a 1930s vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational travel and lodge-style accommodation at Lake Tahoe, shown through a home-movie view of exterior architecture and setting.
Research note: Review the named Martin's Lodge title card and any property-identification concerns separately from copyright; no people or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Lake Tahoe 8mm home movie, Martin's Lodge California, vintage resort exterior, and American flag at lodge.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Tahoe vacation footage, then other 1938 Lake Tahoe material, then broader 1930s resort and travel home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Lake Tahoe home-movie frame showing Martin's Lodge exterior with an American flag flying near pine trees. — Martin's Lodge exterior with the American flag raised beside the porch.

Lake Tahoe lodge exterior in 1938, with a flagpole, American flag, porch structure, and tall pines visible. — American flag flying above the lodge porch at Lake Tahoe.

Visitor-shot 1938 Lake Tahoe view of Martin's Lodge with the American flag blurred by motion in the wind. — Flag movement beside the lodge and tall pines.

Home-movie title card identifying Martin's Lodge at Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County, California. — Title card naming Martin's Lodge, Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, California.

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