Washington USA-1938: Person Riding Motorized-Surf-Device In A Lake With

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

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Person Riding Motorized-Surf-Device In A Lake With — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1938 in Washington USA, showing a person riding a motorized surf device across a calm lake. The black-and-white film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and edge damage, with a distant shoreline and rolling hills under a cloudy sky. The rider moves steadily across the water, creating a small wake, capturing a rare moment of early water sports recreation. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1930s leisure activities and vintage technology, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 121486751

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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

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: Supports 1930s archival requests for recreational lake activity, early water-sport technology, and Washington home-movie inserts.
Period detail: The distant rider, small powered board or surf-like device, open lake, and rural shoreline may show late-1930s leisure activity in Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged observer quality, watching a single rider pass across the water from a distant shore or boat-side vantage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm lake, low hills, cloudy sky, distant shoreline, small rider, motorized surf-like device, wake, and film frame edges.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, visible grain, vertical scratches, exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for vintage recreation, lake travel, or unusual early watercraft.
Historical context: The scene places individual outdoor recreation on a broad lake landscape, with the rider separated from the camera by distance and water.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness assessment may be limited; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1938 Washington lake home movie, 8mm motorized surf device, vintage water sport, and black-and-white lake recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Washington 1938 lake scenes, then broader 1930s leisure, boating, or water-sport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington home-movie frame showing a distant rider on a motorized surf-like device on a calm lake with hills and cloudy sky. — A small rider crosses the lake in the distance, leaving a faint wake beneath a cloudy hillside horizon.

1938 Washington frame with a distant person riding a motorized surf-like device across the lake near a low shoreline. — The rider moves across open water near the far shore, with rolling hills filling the background.

Archival 8mm frame from Washington in 1938 showing a distant rider on a motorized surf-like device against lake and hillside. — A tiny figure rides across the water while the landscape remains broad and still behind them.

1938 Washington lake frame with a blurred object or wake in the foreground and a distant motorized surf-device rider near the far shore. — Motion blur passes across the lower frame while the distant rider continues along the lake near the shoreline.

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