Oroville California-1938: A Map Of The Lands In The Region Where A River Flows

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationOroville, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Oroville California

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A Map Of The Lands In The Region Where A River Flows — Clip Details

OROVILLE CALIFORNIA-1938: A vintage 8mm home movie clip shows a detailed topographical map of Northern California, highlighting towns like Quincy, Meadow Valley, and Bucks Lake, with elevation markers and roadways. The scene transitions to a black-and-white aerial view of a river winding through a rocky, arid landscape. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays natural grain and a nostalgic, archival quality, capturing the region's geography and natural features from the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: AerialBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127263655

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: Oroville, 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: Useful for 1930s documentary or educational edits needing a Northern California map-to-landscape geography insert from 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The visible road map typography, elevation labels, and black-and-white river views support a late-1930s archival geography context without showing people or modern development.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a traveler or home-movie record quality, moving from a photographed map reference to scenic river views rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Northern California road map, Quincy and Meadow Valley labels, elevation markings, rocky riverbanks, winding water, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, exposure variation, gate edges, and contact-sheet density shifts that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a geographic setup, map insert, travel transition, or cutaway between narration about Northern California terrain and river landscapes.
Historical context: The frames visually connect mapped towns and roads near Oroville with a rocky river landscape, offering regional context without identifying a specific river or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status, map-source implications, and location identification needs.
Research search match: Searches such as 1930s 8mm Northern California map, Oroville area river footage, Quincy Meadow Valley map insert, and vintage river landscape may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel geography shots, then other 1938 Oroville or Northern California material, then broader map-to-river landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Oroville-area clip frame showing a Northern California map with Quincy, Meadow Valley, Bucks Lake, roads, creeks, and elevation labels. — Map detail with Quincy, Meadow Valley, Bucks Lake, road numbers, and elevation markings.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from the Oroville, California clip showing a river winding through pale rocky terrain from above. — Elevated view of a river cutting through rocky, arid-looking terrain.

1938 8mm frame showing a river bend and rocky banks in the Oroville, California region, with soft focus and visible film texture. — River bend with rocky banks and soft 8mm archival texture.

Late-1930s Oroville-area 8mm frame showing the same rocky river landscape from a similar elevated view, with visible grain and exposure variation. — Similar elevated river view with rocky terrain and visible 8mm exposure shifts.

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