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Washington USA-1938: Speedboat On A Lake Near Some Cliffs In A Mountainous Region

$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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Speedboat On A Lake Near Some Cliffs In A Mountainous Region — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1938, showing a speedboat gliding across a calm lake near rugged, mountainous cliffs. The black-and-white film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and film edge borders, capturing a nostalgic moment of early 20th-century recreation. The boat moves steadily across the water, with dramatic cliff formations rising in the background under an overcast sky. This authentic archival clip offers a rare glimpse into mid-century leisure and landscape, ideal 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
121486769

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

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

  • cliffs
  • lake
  • water
  • boat
  • speedboat
  • mountainous
  • region
  • sports
  • recreation
  • washington USA
  • 1938
  • 1938 speedboat footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Washington USA lake
  • mountainous landscape
  • classic home movie
  • archival 1938 footage
  • black and white film
  • old speedboat
  • retro recreation
  • historic 8mm
  • vintage lake scene
  • Super 8 grain
  • film scratches
  • 1930s leisure
  • scenic water
  • old film footage
  • nostalgic travel
  • vintage boat
  • historical documentary
  • vintage American life

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
This 1930s Washington 8mm clip suits requests for archival lake scenery, mountain cliffs, and early recreational travel atmosphere for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail
The monochrome 8mm home-movie look, soft exposure, and simple landscape framing support a late-1930s amateur travel record, though no visible signs or dated objects appear in the frames.
Home-movie behavior
The footage has an unstaged visitor viewpoint from near the water, lingering on cliffs and a calm lake rather than posing people or constructing a formal scenic composition.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include broad lake water, steep cliff faces, rounded hills, an overcast sky, film frame borders, scratches, and a small distant dark speck on the shoreline or water.
Film character
The clip carries a physical 8mm texture with black-and-white grain, vertical scratches, soft focus, uneven exposure, and visible contact-sheet frame borders.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a quiet scenic insert, travel transition, establishing cutaway, or memory beat around Pacific Northwest recreation and lakeside landscape.
Historical context
The scene reflects recreational observation of a Washington lake landscape in the 1930s, with emphasis on natural scenery rather than identifiable people, buildings, or events.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible in these frames, but copyright, location identification, and any broader reel context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match
Researchers might find this through searches for 1930s Washington 8mm lake footage, black-and-white mountain cliffs, home movie water scenery, or vintage recreation landscape.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1938 Washington lake or mountain footage, and finally with broader vintage boating, travel, or waterside recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing calm lake water, low shoreline, and distant rugged cliffs under a pale sky.
Lake water stretches toward rugged cliffs in a soft black-and-white home-movie frame.
1938 Washington 8mm frame of a broad cliff ridge beyond calm lake water, with a small dark speck near the distant shore.
A broad cliff ridge rises behind the lake, with visible grain and vertical film wear.
1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a calm lake beneath a large layered cliff face and rounded hillside.
The camera holds on lake water and a large cliff face across the shoreline.
1938 Washington 8mm frame showing rippled lake water and shadowed cliff formations across the far shore.
Rippled water fills the foreground as cliffs and hills recede across the lake.

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