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Oroville California-1938: Woman In Dress Walking Dogs Near Buck's Lake Sign

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

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Woman In Dress Walking Dogs Near Buck's Lake Sign — Clip Details

A woman in a patterned dress walks two dogs on a leash through a grassy area near Buck's Lake in Oroville, California, in 1938. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays a strong blue color cast and grainy texture, characteristic of vintage home movies. The scene captures a quiet, everyday moment in a natural setting, with trees and rocks visible in the background. The clip concludes with a title card identifying the location as Buck's Lake in Plumas County at an elevation of 5071 feet.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
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
127264292

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

  • trees
  • dog
  • animal
  • people
  • woman
  • nature
  • sign
  • lake
  • dress
  • walking
  • signs
  • symbols
  • oroville california
  • 1938
  • 1938 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • woman walking dogs
  • Buck's Lake Plumas County
  • California 1938
  • blue tinted film
  • 8mm home movie
  • archival footage
  • retro film
  • nature walk
  • dog walking
  • 1930s Americana
  • historical footage
  • outdoor scene
  • film grain
  • old film
  • nostalgic clip
  • documentary footage
  • editorial use
  • vintage home movie

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1930s Northern California home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about travel, lakeside recreation, everyday dress, or domestic animals in rural settings.
Period detail
The patterned dress, 8mm home-movie format, and typed location title card support a late-1930s domestic travel-film context.
Home-movie behavior
A woman walks two leashed dogs across an open grassy area, presenting an informal family-film moment rather than a staged performance.
What appears in frame
The frames show a woman in a patterned dress, two dogs, open grass, trees, rocks, strong blue tint, film gate edges, and a Buck's Lake title card.
Film character
The 8mm footage has visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, gate borders, exposure variation, and a pronounced blue cast from the scanned film source.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, rural travel cutaway, location-establishing insert, or transition into a Buck's Lake or Plumas County sequence.
Historical context
The clip documents a quiet outdoor leisure scene and a location title card identifying Buck's Lake in Plumas County, without showing organized public events.
Research note
A woman's face and likeness are visible at a distance, so use may require review separate from copyright status; no logos or private property are apparent.
Research search match
Useful for searches such as 1930s California home movie, Buck's Lake Plumas County 8mm, woman walking dogs, and vintage rural travel footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1938 Oroville or Buck's Lake footage, then broader 1930s California outdoor family scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 home-movie frame shows a woman in a patterned dress walking two dogs near Buck's Lake, with trees and rocks in the background.
A woman walks two dogs through an open grassy area near trees and rocks.
1938 Buck's Lake home-movie frame shows a woman and two dogs in a grassy clearing with rocks, trees, and strong blue film tint.
The woman and dogs move across the clearing, with large rocks and trees behind them.
Title card frame shows worn text identifying Buck's Lake in Plumas County with elevation 5071 feet, partly obscured by film damage.
A worn title card identifies Buck's Lake and the elevation, with part of the text obscured.
Clear title card identifies Buck's Lake in Plumas County and notes elevation 5071 feet on a grainy 8mm frame.
The location title card reads Buck's Lake, Plumas County, Elev. 5071 feet.

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