California-1980: Two Men Crouch on Lakeshore Rocks Cleaning a Row of Trout

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 · California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

fishing
backpacking
camping
friendship
outdoor recreation
wilderness food
summer travel

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Rocky, grassy lakeshore in mountain high country
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight with deep foreground shadows
People: 2 · Two adult men crouching; one in a navy polo shirt, glasses, shorts and red-banded socks, the other in a white bucket hat, sunglasses, pale jacket and shorts
Animals: trout
Objects: trout · dark pot · rocks · marsh grass · bucket hat · eyeglasses · hiking boots · sneakers
Colors: green · navy blue · white · grey · dark brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Two men crouch at the lake edge, each handling a trout.
The man in the navy polo looks up and grins at the camera.
The man in the bucket hat holds a cleaned trout over the rocks.
The man in the polo bends back down to his fish.

Two Men Crouch on Lakeshore Rocks Cleaning a Row of Trout — Clip Details

Probably California's Sierra Nevada, circa 1980 home movie footage of two men crouching on grassy rocks at a lake edge, cleaning a catch of small trout laid out in a row beside a dark pot. The man in a navy polo shirt and glasses looks up and grins at the camera between cuts, while his companion in a white bucket hat and pale jacket holds a cleaned fish over the stones. Filmed in one steady, slightly handheld medium shot in bright sunlight on Super 8.

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: 800002014

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1980 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: Helps a brief for circa 1980 American backcountry recreation, giving documentary or heritage producers an authentic fishing and camp-life moment.
Period detail: The navy polo shirt, short shorts, red-banded tube socks, wide eyeglasses and bucket hat may show late 1970s or early 1980s casual outdoor dress.
Home-movie behavior: An unstaged camp chore in which one man pauses to grin at the friend filming him, while the other keeps working on the catch.
What appears in frame: Two crouching men, a row of small trout on the rocks, a dark pot in the foreground, tall marsh grass, still dark lake water and pale boulders on the far bank.
Film character: Warm Super 8 reversal colour with saturated greens, visible grain, soft focus and strong sun contrast give the shot a period texture.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or memory beat within a camping or fishing sequence, between trail shots and camp cooking scenes.
Historical context: Shows the habit of keeping and cleaning wild-caught trout for camp meals on group high-country trips of the period.
Research note: The film's copyright and the likeness rights of the two identifiable men are separate matters; the men are unnamed, and a small chest emblem on the polo shirt may be a brand mark.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1980s fishing home movie, men cleaning trout at a lake, Super 8 backpacking trip, or vintage Sierra camping footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's campers chatting at camp, unpacking camp food supplies and hiker reading by an alpine lake, then other Sierra lake footage from around 1980, then fishing-trip home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two men crouch on a grassy lakeshore cleaning trout, probably in California's Sierra Nevada, circa 1980 — Two men set to work on a catch of trout at the lake edge, circa 1980.
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A man in glasses smiles over a trout beside a friend in a bucket hat on a Sierra-style lakeshore, circa 1980 — A smile over the catch on a high-country fishing trip.
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A man grins at the camera while cleaning fish with a friend at a mountain lake, probably California, circa 1980 — One of the pair looks up and grins at the camera while cleaning fish, circa 1980.
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Two men in shorts crouch cleaning trout at a sunny alpine lake edge, likely the Sierra Nevada, circa 1980 Super 8 — Cleaning the catch in bright sun at the water's edge.
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