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California-1936: A Man Playing Golf On Top Of A Mountain Surrounded By Trees

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  • Year1936
  • Decade1930s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1936 California

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A Man Playing Golf On Top Of A Mountain Surrounded By Trees — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored shirt, dark trousers, and a hat stands on a rocky outcrop in a mountainous forest, holding a golf club. He appears to be playing golf on a steep, tree-covered slope, surrounded by tall evergreens and rugged terrain. The footage, shot on 8mm film in 1936, shows natural sunlight filtering through the trees, creating dappled shadows. The image has the characteristic grain and color saturation of vintage home movie footage, capturing a rare moment of recreation in a remote California wilderness.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Exterior
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
127477375

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 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.

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Topics & Keywords

  • golf
  • man
  • hat
  • stick
  • mountain
  • playing
  • top
  • surrounded
  • trees
  • sports
  • recreation
  • california
  • 1936
  • 1936 California golf footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • mountain golf
  • 1930s recreation
  • man playing golf
  • forested mountains
  • 8mm home movie
  • classic golf footage
  • retro outdoor activity
  • historic California
  • 1930s leisure
  • vintage sports footage
  • old film golf
  • 8mm archival footage
  • outdoor recreation 1936
  • nostalgic home movie
  • vintage 1930s
  • classic 8mm film
  • California wilderness
  • vintage golfing

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s California recreation requests needing archival home-movie footage of an adult golfer staged against rugged mountain forest scenery.
Period detail
The clothing, hat, 8mm color home-movie look, and metadata-supported 1936 date may show informal outdoor leisure in California during the 1930s.
Home-movie behavior
The man appears to casually demonstrate or play a golf shot on a rocky overlook, giving the clip the informal quality of a companion filming a recreational outing.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include an adult man with a hat, golf club, light shirt, dark trousers, boulders, evergreen trees, steep terrain, and sunlit mountain forest.
Film character
The footage has 8mm grain, soft focus, saturated color, uneven exposure, and a contact-print feel that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a short insert, recreation cutaway, eccentric leisure beat, or transition within a sequence about travel, mountains, sport, or California home movies.
Historical context
The clip visually connects golf with informal outdoor recreation rather than a formal course, showing a playful sporting moment in a rugged forest setting.
Research note
An adult face and likeness are visible, so copyright status should be considered separately from any needed likeness or contextual clearance review.
Research search match
Searches such as 1930s California golf home movie, 8mm mountain recreation, man golfing on rocks, and vintage forest sports footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1936 California mountain footage, then broader 1930s outdoor recreation or amateur sports scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1936 California home-movie footage, a man with a hat and golf club stands on sunlit rocks among evergreens and steep terrain.
A man holds a golf club while standing on rocks in a mountain forest.
The golfer stands on a boulder in a California mountain forest, with tall evergreens and rocky slopes behind him.
The man pauses with the club on a high rock above a wooded slope.
A man in 1930s California footage faces the camera with a golf club while standing on rocks in a rugged evergreen setting.
The golfer faces toward the camera from the rocky outcrop.
The man appears to extend or swing a golf club from a rocky perch in the 1936 California mountain forest footage.
The golfer extends the club while standing on sunlit rocks among trees.

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