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California-1936: Two Men Into The Forest And One Of Them Is Fishing At The River

$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.

  • Year1936
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1936 California

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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Two Men Into The Forest And One Of Them Is Fishing At... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1936, this vintage home movie captures a man navigating a rocky forest trail before fishing by a rushing river in California. Dressed in a light-colored shirt, trousers, and a fedora, he casts his line into the water amidst dense evergreen trees and rugged terrain. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural motion, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127477358

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 record not linked for this clip
Date
1936 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location
California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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.

Open Clip Documentation RecordRequest source information

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1930s California home-movie footage for productions needing outdoor recreation, forest travel, or riverside fishing material with visible adult figures.
Period detail
Clothing such as brimmed hats, loose trousers, and long-sleeved shirts may show 1930s casual outdoor dress, supported by the clip metadata year.
Home-movie behavior
The footage has an unstaged vacation or outing feel, following men as they move through rocky forest terrain and fish beside fast water.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include two adult men, brimmed hats, a rocky trail, evergreen forest, rushing river water, fishing line, boulders, and sunlit canyon terrain.
Film character
The 8mm scan shows soft focus, uneven exposure, color shifts, grain, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for outdoor leisure, fishing, travel, or Depression-era home-movie sequences.
Historical context
The clip visually places adult recreation in a wooded California river setting without establishing a named park, landmark, or specific event.
Research note
Adult people are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness considerations.
Research search match
Useful searches include 1930s California fishing footage, 8mm home movie forest river, vintage men outdoors, and archival recreational fishing clip.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with the same reel, then other California 1936 outdoor footage, then broader 1930s fishing, forest travel, and riverside leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California home-movie frame showing an adult man moving across rocks and fallen timber in a wooded mountain setting.
A man navigates rocks and fallen wood on a forest trail.
1936 California frame of an adult man in light shirt and trousers fishing from a rocky riverbank among trees.
A man stands on the riverbank with a fishing rod.
Adult man in 1936 California home-movie footage casts or holds a fishing line at a fast river bordered by rocks and evergreens.
The fisherman works his line along the rocky water's edge.
1936 California home-movie frame from behind an adult man watching or fishing near churning river water.
A man faces the moving river from the bank.

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