California-1936: Polar Bear Running Out Of The Lake With Mountains In The

$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
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1936 California

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Polar Bear Running Out Of The Lake With Mountains In The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1936, this vintage home movie captures a polar bear emerging from a lake against a backdrop of rugged mountains. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows the bear moving across a snowy shoreline with a rocky cliff face in the distance. The image is grainy and yellow-toned, with visible scratches and film wear, characteristic of early 20th-century amateur recordings. The bear’s dark silhouette contrasts with the pale snow and water, creating a striking, nostalgic scene of wildlife in a remote, natural setting.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127477738

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 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s California 8mm wildlife footage suited to editorial inserts about zoo or park animal displays, winter scenery, and amateur travel filming.
Period detail: The soft exposure, yellow cast, and small-gauge frame lines may show 1930s amateur 8mm filming rather than a staged wildlife production.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, apparently filmed from behind a window or barrier while following a distant bear along the shoreline.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lake, pale rocky or snowy banks, a distant dark bear shape, steep mountain or cliff terrain, trees, window mullions, and film scratches.
Film character: The footage carries coarse grain, warm color shift, vertical wear marks, soft focus, and intermittent frame jitter typical of aged 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for early amateur travel and animal-observation sequences.
Historical context: The scene suggests a historical visitor view of a bear enclosure or mountain lake setting, but the exact site and circumstances are not identifiable from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or animal-display permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm California bear footage, vintage home movie lake wildlife, polar bear running shoreline, and archival animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other California 1936 material, then 1930s 8mm travel, wildlife, zoo, mountain lake, or animal-observation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing a distant bear-like figure by a lake, with pale banks, trees, and dark window mullions in view. — A distant bear shape appears near the lakeshore beyond the window frame.

1936 California 8mm frame with lake water, rocky or snowy bank, distant bear-like silhouette, trees, and a mountain slope. — The animal remains distant against the pale shore and lake water.

1936 California 8mm frame showing lake water, pale banks, a dark bear-like figure near trees, and heavy window-frame division. — Window framing splits the view of the shoreline and distant animal.

1936 California 8mm frame showing a distant bear-like silhouette along a pale lakeshore with trees, water, and mountain terrain. — A dark animal shape moves along the far shore beneath the hillside.

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