California-1938: Men Hunting With Horse Carrying Game Through Forested Mountains

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 California

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Men Hunting With Horse Carrying Game Through Forested... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a hunting expedition in California. The footage opens with a misty mountain landscape viewed through a window frame, then reveals two men in hats and period clothing walking through a forested area. The final scenes show a man standing beside a horse carrying a large animal, likely a deer, with the animal's antlers visible. The grainy black-and-white footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including scratches and dust, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic 1930s outdoor adventure footage is ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127417283

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: 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: This 1938 California 8mm clip supports archival requests for Depression-era outdoor recreation, hunting parties, and mountain travel in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: Men's brimmed hats, work jackets, riding gear, and a pack horse carrying game may show late-1930s rural hunting practice in a forested mountain setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie quality, observing companions, a horse, and the mountain surroundings from a participant's viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include misty mountains, a window or frame edge, conifer forest, two men in hats, a horse, riding tack, and a large antlered animal carried as game.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan shows soft focus, heavy grain, dust, scratches, uneven exposure, and contact-frame borders that contribute to its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for historical hunting, mountain travel, rural masculinity, or outdoor recreation sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a small hunting party with pack animal support, without identifying the people, exact site, or circumstances beyond the supplied California 1938 metadata.
Research note: People and likely faces are visible, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness, publicity, and any location or animal-use sensitivities.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1938 California hunting home movie, 8mm mountain hunting footage, men with pack horse, deer game carried by horse, and 1930s outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then California 1938 mountain or forest footage, then broader 1930s hunting, pack horse, and rural outdoor life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Misty California mountain landscape from 1938 home-movie footage, partly obscured by dark vertical frame edges. — Misty mountains appear behind dark vertical framing at the opening of the clip.

Soft black-and-white view of a California mountain valley with ridges and conifers in 1938 home-movie footage. — A hazy mountain valley and conifers are visible through the dark frame edges.

Two men in hats and outdoor clothing walk through a forested California mountain area, with part of a horse visible nearby. — Two men move through the wooded area during the hunting outing.

A horse in a California mountain setting carries a large antlered animal, likely hunted game, while a man stands nearby. — A pack horse carries antlered game at the end of the hunting scene.

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