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California-1938: Drunk Man Rides Horse and Wanders Through Pine Forest

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

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Drunk Man Rides Horse and Wanders Through Pine Forest — Clip Details

A man in a striped shirt and cap rides a horse through a dense pine forest in California, 1938. He takes a drink from a bottle while mounted, then dismounts and walks through the woods with a relaxed, carefree demeanor. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the natural beauty of the forest and the man's leisurely outdoor adventure. The grainy, black-and-white quality and film edge effects evoke a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel from the late 1930s.

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
127417524

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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Topics & Keywords

  • nature
  • beer
  • pine
  • tree
  • fun
  • drunk
  • horse
  • men
  • wander
  • forest
  • people
  • california
  • 1938
  • 1938 California home movie
  • vintage 8mm film
  • horseback riding
  • forest adventure
  • 1930s outdoor life
  • black and white home movie
  • man drinking beer
  • pine forest
  • 1930s nostalgia
  • vintage camping footage
  • 8mm archival footage
  • classic American leisure
  • retro outdoor recreation
  • old film footage
  • 1930s men
  • vintage nature footage
  • 8mm film grain
  • historical home movie
  • 1930s Americana
  • 8mm home movie footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s California home-movie requests needing a brief outdoor recreation scene with a man, horse, and pine forest setting.
Period detail
The cap, striped knit shirt, casual riding clothes, and black-and-white 8mm look support a late-1930s home-movie impression without identifying a specific site.
Home-movie behavior
The footage has unstaged value in the rider's loose, playful behavior as he drinks from a bottle, dismounts, and wanders through the trees.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a man in a cap, a saddled horse, a bottle in hand, pine trees, dirt paths, sloped ground, and deep forest shade.
Film character
The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture through visible grain, soft focus, high-contrast exposure, handheld framing, and contact-edge artifacts.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short insert, comic memory beat, rural recreation cutaway, or transition into forest travel and leisure material.
Historical context
The scene reflects casual outdoor leisure in a wooded California setting, with one adult man interacting with a horse in a private home-movie style.
Research note
Adult likeness is visible and should be reviewed for intended use; no logos are evident, but copyright, likeness, and location permissions remain separate checks.
Research search match
Relevant searches include 1930s California forest home movie, man riding horse 8mm footage, vintage outdoor drinking scene, and pine woods recreation.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with same-reel outdoor scenes, then other 1938 California footage, then broader vintage horseback, forest leisure, or humorous home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult man in a cap and striped shirt rides a saddled horse in a California pine forest, 1938 home-movie footage.
A rider holds a bottle while seated on a horse among dense trees.
Adult man in a cap walks on a sloped dirt path in a wooded California setting, filmed in 1938.
The man walks through the forest after leaving the horse.
A man in a striped shirt stands near a saddled horse under thick trees in 1938 California home-movie footage.
The rider stands beside the horse under heavy tree cover.
Adult man in a cap and striped shirt carries a bottle while walking through a wooded California slope in 1938 footage.
The man carries a bottle as he moves along the forest path.

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