California-1936: Man And His Dog Playing Fetch In A River

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

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Man And His Dog Playing Fetch In A River — Clip Details

A man and his dog play fetch by a river in this 1936 California 8mm home movie. Shot through a window frame, the footage shows a man in a light-colored shirt and dark pants standing on a rocky shore, throwing a stick into the flowing water. His dog, a dark-colored canine, runs to retrieve it. The scene captures a quiet, nostalgic moment of companionship against a backdrop of a calm river and a textured, sunlit hillside. The film exhibits natural grain, slight fading, and age marks typical of vintage 8mm home movies.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127477749

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 home-movie footage suited for documentary uses needing a quiet riverside recreation moment with a man and dog playing fetch.
Period detail: The 8mm color home-movie view may show 1930s casual outdoor clothing, a rocky river edge, and a sunlit California hillside seen through a dark window or frame edge.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged companionship moment as a man throws or watches while a dark dog moves between the rocky shore and water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a light shirt and dark pants, a dark dog, blue river water, pale rocks, a dry hillside, and dark framing bars from the shooting position.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, exposure variation, dust specks, and frame lines consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for themes of pets, leisure, rivers, and California outdoor life.
Historical context: The scene offers small-scale social context for informal outdoor recreation and pet companionship without identifying the river, people, or exact location.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from permissions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s California 8mm home movie dog fetch river, man with dog rocky shore, and vintage home movie outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with California 1936 outdoor scenes, and then with broader pet, river, and leisure home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing a man and dark dog on a rocky river edge, seen through dark window-like borders. — A man and dog pause on the rocky shore beside the river.

1936 California 8mm frame with a man on a pale rocky riverbank, blue water behind him, and a dry hillside across the river. — The man stands near the water after the dog has moved out of frame.

Soft 1936 California home-movie frame showing the man on the shore, framed by dark film borders and a sunlit river landscape. — The man watches from the rocky bank as the fetch game continues.

1936 California 8mm frame showing the dark dog in blue river water near pale rocks, with the opposite hillside in the background. — The dog moves through the river near the rocky shoreline.

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