Washington USA-1938: Small Boat Speeding Across Lake

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

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Small Boat Speeding Across Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1938, showing a serene lakeside scene with trees and bushes framing the water. A small boat speeds across the lake, leaving a wake behind it, captured with authentic film grain and slight camera shake. The black-and-white imagery and subtle scratches evoke a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a glimpse into mid-20th century leisure and nature. This authentic 8mm footage is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121486881

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Washington home-movie lakeside footage for documentary inserts, nature cutaways, or leisure-era establishing moments.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view may show a late-1930s lakeshore with small boats, open water, low hills, and shoreline trees rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged traveler or family viewpoint, observing a boat crossing the water from a fixed lakeside position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lake, small boats, shoreline trees and bushes, low hills, rippled water, cloudy sky, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, light scratches, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and a handheld or lightly unsteady frame.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief cutaway, transition, memory beat, or scenic insert between broader sequences about travel, lakes, recreation, or regional landscapes.
Historical context: The scene suggests casual outdoor leisure and waterside observation in Washington, without enough visible evidence to identify a specific lake, community, or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are clearly visible, but copyright status and any location-specific permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Washington 8mm lake boat, 1930s home movie lakeshore, vintage boat on water, and black-and-white travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Washington 1938 footage, then broader 1930s lakes, boats, trees, and outdoor recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing lakeside trees and bushes with small boats visible across the water. — Lakeshore trees frame small boats on the water.

1938 Washington home-movie frame with trees in the foreground and small boats crossing a lake beyond. — Small boats pass across a lake beyond foreground trees.

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing rippled lake water, small boats, low hills, and cloud cover. — Open water and low hills form a quiet lakeside view.

1938 Washington home-movie frame of a lake with distant small boats, low hills, and visible film wear. — Distant boats sit on the lake under a cloudy sky.

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