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Washington USA-1938: Motorboat on Lake with Rustic Houses and Mountains

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Motorboat on Lake with Rustic Houses and Mountains — 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

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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Topics & Keywords

  • mountain
  • tree
  • house
  • camera
  • person
  • surrounded
  • water
  • riding
  • boat
  • transportation
  • washington USA
  • 1938
  • 1938 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Washington USA 1938
  • motorboat on lake
  • archival black and white film
  • classic home movie
  • 1930s transportation
  • lakeside scenery
  • old film grain
  • vintage boat ride
  • retro documentary footage
  • historic 8mm footage
  • scenic water travel
  • nostalgic 1930s clip
  • family vacation film
  • vintage Super 8
  • old film footage
  • 1930s Americana
  • vintage water activity
  • classic film footage

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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