Washington USA-1938: A Person Riding A Motorboat On A Lake Near Houses And Mountains

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

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A Person Riding A Motorboat On A Lake Near Houses And... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1938, captured on grainy black and white film. A small motorboat speeds across a calm lake, leaving a white wake as it navigates near a shoreline dotted with rustic houses and trees. The scene is framed by a dark border, with visible film scratches and grain enhancing its authentic archival quality. The boat moves from left to right, passing a hillside backdrop under an overcast sky, evoking a nostalgic mid-20th century lakeside moment.

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: 121486742

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$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: Supports 1930s Washington lake recreation requests needing brief home-movie footage of a motorboat near shoreline houses and mountains.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1930s leisure boating, with small lakeside houses, open shoreline, and a low motorboat visible in black-and-white 8mm frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, watching a small boat speed across the lake from a distant shoreline position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat, white wake, calm lake water, shoreline houses, trees, hills or mountains, cloudy sky, and dark frame borders.
Film character: Grain, scratches, soft focus, exposure variation, and contact-sheet borders give the clip clear physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, lakeside transition, travel-memory insert, or period recreation beat.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for lakeside recreation in Washington, showing boating near modest shoreline structures and mountainous terrain.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are discernible, but copyright status and any property or location identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1938 Washington 8mm lake motorboat, vintage home movie boating, and 1930s mountain lake shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Washington 1938 lake scenes, then broader 1930s boating and mountain-lake recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a small motorboat moving across lake water near a wooded mountain slope. — A small motorboat speeds across the lake, leaving a pale wake below the hillside.

1938 Washington lake view with a small boat and wake near shoreline houses, trees, and low mountains. — The boat passes near lakeside houses, with trees and mountains visible behind the shoreline.

1938 Washington home-movie frame of lakeside houses and trees with a motorboat wake crossing the water. — Lakeside houses and trees sit along the shore as the boat wake moves through the lower frame.

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a small boat on open lake water below distant mountains and overcast sky. — A small boat appears on the lake beneath a wide mountain backdrop and cloudy sky.

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