California-1938: Man On Pack Animal In Snowy Mountains, Deer Herd At Night

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Man On Pack Animal In Snowy Mountains, Deer Herd At Night — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a man riding a pack animal along a grassy mountain slope with snow-dusted peaks in the background. The scene transitions to a nighttime sequence where a herd of deer with white tails grazes in a forest clearing. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural lighting, offering authentic archival material for historical documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127417916

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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: 1930s California home-movie footage for requests needing mountain travel, pack-animal movement, or nocturnal deer herd material in a documentary or educational edit.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s recreational mountain travel, with a rider on a pack animal and distant snow-dusted terrain followed by deer filmed in low forest light.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot feel, observing a rider on a slope and then holding on grazing deer without staged action or formal composition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a hillside rider, pack animal, conifer trees, distant mountains, a dark forest clearing, grazing deer, white tails, and uneven ground.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, color fading, exposure variation, and handheld framing that help establish its home-movie source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, travel transition, wilderness cutaway, or memory beat linking mountain recreation with wildlife observation.
Historical context: The images place people and animals in a California mountain setting, suggesting outdoor leisure and wildlife encounters without identifying a specific park or landmark.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, music, or private property are apparent from the provided frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 California 8mm mountain rider, home movie pack animal, deer herd at night, forest clearing wildlife, and 1930s outdoor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with California 1938 mountain footage, and then with broader 1930s wildlife or outdoor travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 California home-movie frame showing a rider on a pack animal on a mountain slope with conifers and snow-dusted peaks beyond. — A rider moves along a grassy mountain hillside with distant ridges in the background.

Low-light 1938 California frame showing deer with pale tails grazing in a forest clearing, with a standing human figure nearby. — A small group of deer grazes in a dim clearing while a figure stands nearby.

1938 California home-movie frame of deer spread across a dark wooded clearing, their white tails catching the available light. — Deer move through a shadowed woodland clearing, several with white tails visible.

Low-light 1938 California frame showing a deer herd clustered near the trees in a forest clearing, with bright tails visible against the dark background. — The deer herd gathers near the tree line in dim forest light.

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