Washington USA-1938: Person In A Boat Speeding Along A Lake On The Side Of A

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

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Person In A Boat Speeding Along A Lake On The Side Of A — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1938, showing a serene lakeside landscape with rolling hills and a distant shoreline. The grainy black-and-white film captures a small boat speeding across the water, viewed through the characteristic frame of an old projector. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film artifacts including scratches, dust, and subtle flicker, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The camera remains steady, offering a contemplative view of nature and early 20th-century recreation.

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: 121486688

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Washington 8mm lake footage suited to documentary requests for quiet outdoor recreation, rural shoreline atmosphere, or period travel cutaways.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view may show a 1938 lakeside setting with open hills, sparse shoreline buildings, and small watercraft rather than modern development.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational value of a home-movie camera lingering on scenery and distant boating activity without staged action or visible posing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include broad lake water, rolling hills, a distant shore, small boats, a few low buildings, cloudy sky, and the dark borders of the film frame.
Film character: The footage carries a physical 8mm texture with soft focus, vertical scratches, gate edges, mild flicker, and uneven exposure across the frame.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short scenic insert, travel transition, recreation cutaway, or reflective memory beat between more specific 1930s material.
Historical context: The views suggest leisure or travel around a Washington lake, with the landscape and small craft providing social context without identifying a specific site.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status, location identification, and any private shoreline property context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Washington lake home movie, 1930s 8mm boating cutaway, vintage shoreline hills, and black-and-white recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Washington lake views, then broader 1930s boating, travel, and rural landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a lake, hillside shoreline, small distant buildings, cloudy sky, and visible film gate edges. — Hills and a quiet lakeshore are seen across the water.

1938 Washington 8mm view across a lake toward low hills and shoreline, with a small distant boat crossing the water. — A small boat appears far out on the lake below the hills.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from 1938 Washington showing a broad lake, long low hill, shoreline, and small boat near the bottom of the frame. — The camera holds on a long shoreline as a small boat sits near the lower frame.

1938 Washington lakeside 8mm frame with open water, distant sloping hills, a low shoreline, and a small boat near the foreground edge. — Open water fills the foreground with hills and a small boat in the distance.

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