California-1936: Male Walking On The Rocky Side Of The Water Tosses A Rock Into

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

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Male Walking On The Rocky Side Of The Water Tosses A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1936, this vintage home movie captures a man walking along a rocky shoreline in California. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows the man tossing a rock into the water against a backdrop of layered cliffs and a calm lake. The image is grainy with natural film wear, including scratches and slight color fading, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The scene conveys a quiet, contemplative moment in nature, with the man’s casual movement and the gentle ripple of the water creating a peaceful atmosphere.

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: 127477728

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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s California 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for quiet outdoor recreation, shoreline movement, or period nature cutaways.
Period detail: The frame may show 1930s casual outdoor clothing and an undeveloped rocky lakeside setting, with no visible signage or landmarks to narrow the location beyond California metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged glimpse of a man walking along the rocky edge and tossing a stone into the water from a distant home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man on a rocky shore, calm water, pale rock banks, layered hillsides, sparse trees or brush, and the dark borders of the film contact sheet.
Film character: The 8mm scan has warm faded color, visible grain, scratches, soft focus, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature insert, contemplative transition, shoreline cutaway, or memory beat within a 1930s California sequence.
Historical context: The clip provides small-scale visual context for leisure near California water landscapes without supporting claims about a specific lake, park, or event.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so copyright status should be reviewed separately from possible likeness concerns, though no logos or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1936 California 8mm lake shoreline, vintage home movie man tossing rock, rocky water edge, and 1930s outdoor recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1936 California outdoor scenes, then broader vintage shoreline or nature home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm home-movie frame showing a distant man near a rocky shoreline with calm water and hills behind him. — A distant man pauses along the rocky edge of the water below layered hillside terrain.

Distant man walking on a rocky California shoreline beside rippled water in a faded 1936 8mm home-movie frame. — The figure moves along the narrow rocky bank beside the water.

1936 California home-movie frame with a distant figure at the rocky waterline, backed by pale rocks and brushy hillside. — A distant figure stays near the waterline amid rocks and hillside brush.

Faded 8mm frame from 1936 California showing a man by the rocky water edge with rippled water and hillside in the background. — The man stands near the rocky edge as the water ripples in the foreground.

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