Oroville California-1938: Woman Walks Dog Near Car and Steam Train Travels Mountain Pass

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

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Woman Walks Dog Near Car and Steam Train Travels... — Clip Details

A woman in a patterned dress walks a dog on a leash in front of a vintage car at Feather River, California, in 1938. The scene captures a quiet moment of daily life with a classic automobile and a sign marking the location. The footage transitions to a scenic view of a winding river and a steam train navigating a rugged mountain pass, showcasing early 20th-century transportation. Shot on 8mm film, the clip features natural grain and a nostalgic, documentary-style aesthetic.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
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: 127263775

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: Yes
Minors 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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s California travel, everyday roadside activity, and railroad transportation sequences needing real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The car shape, patterned dress, leash, location sign, steam locomotive, and mountain rail route support a late-1930s travel-home-movie reading.
Home-movie behavior: The woman walking a dog near the parked car gives the clip an unstaged family-travel feel before the camera turns to scenery and passing rail traffic.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman, small dog on leash, rounded vintage car, location sign, river canyon, rail tracks, tunnel area, and steam locomotive.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows monochrome grain, slight softness, exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that preserves the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert for travel memory, a transition from roadside life to landscape, or a cutaway for early rail transport.
Historical context: The clip places personal travel and rail movement in the same rural California canyon setting without making claims beyond what is visible and supplied metadata.
Research note: Faces and a visible sign or marking should be reviewed for likeness, trademark, and location identification issues separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Oroville California home movie, Feather River steam train, woman walking dog vintage car, and 8mm mountain pass railroad footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then other 1938 Oroville or Feather River material, then broader 1930s California rail and road footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1938 Oroville-area home-movie footage, a woman walks a small dog near a parked vintage car and a visible location sign. — Woman with dog beside a rounded car and location sign during a California travel stop.

The camera looks over a winding river canyon near Oroville, California, with rail alignment visible along the rugged slope. — Elevated view of a winding river canyon and rail route through the hills.

A 1938 home-movie view shows the river canyon and rail route, with trees and steep terrain filling the frame. — River canyon scenery with rail alignment and steep hillsides.

A steam locomotive moves through the Oroville-area canyon rail route, framed by rugged slopes, trees, and the river below. — Steam train on canyon tracks with river and hillside scenery nearby.

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