California-1938: Deer Walking Out Of The Woods In Daylight

$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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Deer Walking Out Of The Woods In Daylight — Clip Details

A young deer stands alert on a grassy hillside in a dense pine forest, its light brown coat contrasting with the deep green trees. The animal turns its head, scanning the surroundings before beginning to walk slowly across the clearing. Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment of wildlife in the California wilderness. The footage shows natural daylight filtering through the trees, with a soft, grainy texture characteristic of early amateur film. The scene evokes a sense of peaceful solitude in nature.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127418044

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Useful for 1930s California wildlife requests needing brief home-movie footage of deer in a forest clearing for documentary, museum, education, or nature-history edits.
Period detail: The frame shows 8mm-era amateur color footage with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, signage, or landmarks to further date the scene beyond the supplied 1938 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes quietly from a distance as deer stand and move through the clearing, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie wildlife encounter.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include deer, a grassy hillside, dense pine trees, fallen logs, forest shadow, daylight patches, and soft film edges.
Film character: The clip has visible film grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, slight handheld framing, and color shifts consistent with scanned 1930s 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, nature transition, rural California insert, or quiet memory beat within a broader home-movie or landscape sequence.
Historical context: The footage may show recreational or family filming of California wilderness, preserving a brief view of deer behavior and forest habitat without visible human activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, brands, music, or private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and wildlife-use context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 8mm California deer footage, vintage home movie wildlife, deer in pine forest, and 1930s archival nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1938 California outdoor scenes, then broader vintage wildlife, forest, and home-movie nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A deer stands alert on a grassy hillside in a California pine forest, from 1938 8mm home-movie footage. — A deer pauses in a forest clearing on a grassy slope.

A deer remains alert in a pine forest clearing in supported 1938 California home-movie footage. — The deer stands still against a dark pine forest backdrop.

A deer holds near the clearing edge as tall pines fill the background in vintage California 8mm footage. — The deer remains near the trees at the edge of the clearing.

Two deer move through a grassy forest clearing with fallen logs and pines in 1938 California home-movie footage. — Two deer cross the clearing beneath tall pine trees.

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