California-1936: Small Wooden Vessel Floats on Lake

$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

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Small Wooden Vessel Floats on Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1936, this vintage home movie captures a mysterious object floating on a vast body of water, likely a lake or reservoir, with a rocky shoreline in the background. The footage, framed by the dark edges of a window or viewfinder, shows a small, dark shape moving across the rippling blue surface, with a closer view revealing a light-colored, possibly wooden, vessel. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film scratches evoke a strong sense of nostalgia and historical curiosity, offering authentic archival footage of mid-20th century California life.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127477762

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: Supports 1930s California archive requests needing a brief lake or reservoir cutaway with a small floating vessel and rocky shoreline for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The frame may show 1936 home-movie color footage of open water, shoreline rock, and distant brush, with no visible people, vehicles, signage, or landmarks to further identify the place.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the observational feel of a home-movie camera held from shore or through a window-like edge, watching a small object drift or move across the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling blue water, a pale rocky shoreline, scrub-covered hillside, dark frame edges, film gate borders, and a small light-and-dark floating shape.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, light scratches, exposure variation, and slight handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, scene transition, travel-memory insert, or ambiguous water-detail beat within a California or 1930s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: As archival home-movie footage, it offers a quiet view of outdoor recreation or sightseeing near a California body of water without enough visual evidence to name the site or activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, location, and any property or watercraft identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s California lake footage, 8mm home movie reservoir shoreline, vintage small vessel on water, and prewar outdoor travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1936 California water or shoreline scenes, then broader vintage home-movie outdoor recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1936 California 8mm frame showing rippling blue water, rocky shoreline, hillside brush, and a small dark floating shape in the distance. — A small dark shape sits on open water below a pale rocky shore and brush-covered hillside.

1936 California home-movie frame with a small object on rippling water, pale shore rocks, distant brush, and dark film-edge framing. — The floating object remains distant on the water as the rocky shoreline runs across the background.

Closer 1936 California 8mm view of a pale, possibly wooden vessel or object floating on textured blue water. — A closer view reveals a pale floating object against the rippled surface of the lake or reservoir.

1936 California home-movie frame showing a light-and-dark floating object on rippling water with dark gate edges and visible film texture. — The small light-colored object drifts or moves across open water in a tightly framed home-movie view.

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