Washington USA-1938: Looking At A Beautiful Scenery Of Mountains And A Lake

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Washington

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Looking At A Beautiful Scenery Of Mountains And A Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1938 in Washington USA, captured in black and white with authentic film grain and edge vignette. The clip shows a serene lake surrounded by rugged mountains under a cloudy sky, with subtle camera movement revealing different angles of the natural landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics including scratches, dust, and slight flicker, offering authentic archival material for historical documentaries, nostalgic projects, or nature-themed content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121486649

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: 1938 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: Washington, 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 Washington 8mm landscape footage for documentary inserts, regional history sequences, nature cutaways, or reflective travel-memory edits.
Period detail: The frames may show 1938 home-movie views of a lake and rugged hills, with era clues mainly from the black-and-white 8mm stock and handheld framing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, lingering on water, cliffs, sky, and shifting angles rather than a composed scenic postcard view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm lake, steep rocky slopes, cliff faces, cloudy sky, distant shoreline, water reflections, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage has dense black-and-white grain, soft exposure shifts, vertical scratches, dust, flicker, and heavy edge vignette typical of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet scenic insert, geography transition, contemplative cutaway, or memory beat within 1930s Northwest or travel material.
Historical context: The clip visually documents recreational or travel attention to Washington mountain-and-lake scenery without showing people, vehicles, buildings, or named landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and precise location identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1930s Washington lake mountains 8mm, black-and-white home movie scenery, Pacific Northwest landscape footage, and vintage mountain lake cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1938 Washington footage, then with other mountain, lake, travel, or nature home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a still lake, rugged mountain slopes, cliff faces, and heavy black film edges. — Lake and rocky mountain shoreline seen through dark 8mm frame edges.

Black-and-white 1938 Washington home-movie view of lake water, distant cliffs, mountain slopes, and cloudy sky. — Distant cliffs and mountain slopes across a quiet lake.

1938 Washington 8mm landscape frame with a broad lake, low mountain ridge, distant cliff, clouded sky, and visible film wear. — Wide lake surface below low mountains and a distant cliff.

Black-and-white 1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a steep rocky slope above lake water with soft exposure and grain. — Steep rocky slope rising above the lake surface.

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