Washington USA-1938: Speed Boat Races Across Lake with Hills and Trees Under Overcast Skies

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

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Speed Boat Races Across Lake with Hills and Trees Under... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1938, captured in black and white with authentic film grain and scratches. The clip shows a speedboat racing across a lake, moving quickly from left to right, with a shoreline of trees and hills in the background under an overcast sky. The camera appears to be handheld, creating a slightly shaky, immersive perspective. The grainy texture and motion blur emphasize the era's amateur filmmaking style, offering a nostalgic glimpse of early 20th-century recreation and natural scenery.

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: 121486710

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Washington, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Washington 8mm lake footage suited to requests for period recreation, boating activity, shoreline scenery, or brief documentary inserts of outdoor leisure.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm image, distant motorboat, undeveloped shoreline, and low hills may show late-1930s recreational lake activity in Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot home-movie viewpoint, following fast movement across open water from a handheld position rather than a staged camera setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad lake, a small fast boat, tree-lined shoreline, low hills, cloudy sky, water ripples, and dark frame borders from the film scan.
Film character: The footage has pronounced grain, scratches, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick cutaway, transition, or memory beat for lake recreation, travel, speed, or interwar outdoor leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene suggests casual boating and lakeside recreation in a rural or semi-rural Washington setting, without enough visual evidence to identify the exact lake or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and avoid treating location or event identification as confirmed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s Washington lake footage, 8mm speedboat on lake, black-and-white shoreline home movie, and vintage boating recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1938 Washington scenes, then broader 1930s boating, lakeside travel, or outdoor recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a small boat on a lake with trees, shoreline, low hills, and overcast sky. — A small boat moves across open water near trees and low hills.

Black-and-white Washington lake view with a distant boat, low hills, and cloudy sky, framed by dark 8mm scan borders. — The boat appears small against the wide lake and distant hillside.

Grainy 1938 Washington 8mm frame with open lake water, distant hills, overcast sky, and a small boat near the foreground edge. — Open water fills the frame below a long, low hillside.

Black-and-white 8mm Washington lake frame showing a small boat low in frame, broad water, distant hills, and an overcast sky. — A small boat passes across a broad lake below distant hills.

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