Oroville California-1938: Lady Walking Dog As Car Emerges From Tunnel

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

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Lady Walking Dog As Car Emerges From Tunnel — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Oroville, California, 1938, captures a classic American scene. A woman in a patterned dress walks a small dog along a dirt path near a rocky hillside. The footage transitions to a classic car emerging from a dark tunnel, its headlights cutting through the deep blue tint of the film. The entire clip, shot on 8mm film, displays the characteristic grain and color shifts of early home movies, evoking nostalgia for the 1930s. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 127264282

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s California home-movie footage for productions needing a brief road-tunnel insert with a woman walking a small dog nearby.
Period detail: The rounded automobile, simple dress, rural roadside, and 8mm source may show late-1930s travel and everyday outdoor leisure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in a woman walking a small dog while the camera observes from a fixed, informal distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark tunnel portal, rocky hillside, narrow road, approaching vintage car, woman in a patterned dress, small dog, dirt path, and bushes.
Film character: The footage carries blue-shifted 8mm color, soft focus, coarse grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short transition, road-travel insert, domestic memory beat, or cutaway linking tunnel traffic with everyday outdoor movement.
Historical context: The frames place an automobile and pedestrian dog-walking scene in a rocky California roadside setting without identifying a specific landmark from the visuals alone.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness may need review, while no logos, children, music, or clear private property are apparent from the supplied frames.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1930s Oroville 8mm home movie, woman walking dog, vintage car leaving tunnel, California roadside, and blue-tinted travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Oroville or 1938 California scenes, then broader 1930s road travel and dog-walking home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Oroville home-movie frame showing a rounded car approaching from a dark tunnel beside a rock face. — A car comes out of a dark road tunnel, framed by rock and blue-shifted 8mm color.

1938 Oroville home-movie frame of a woman walking a small dog along a dirt path near brush and rocks. — A woman walks a small dog across an open dirt path near a rocky, brush-lined hillside.

1938 Oroville frame showing a woman and small dog on open ground with shrubs and rocks behind them. — The woman and dog remain in view against a soft, blue-toned background of brush and rocks.

1938 Oroville home-movie frame with a small dog closer to camera and a woman behind near brush and rocks. — The small dog moves nearer to the camera while the woman stands back by the rocky roadside brush.

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