Washington USA-1938: Boats On A Lake With Rolling Hills

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

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Boats On A Lake With Rolling Hills — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1938, captured in black and white with visible film grain and edge borders. The clip shows a wide, overcast landscape with rolling hills and a body of water, where small boats move across the surface. The scene is quiet and observational, with no people visible, suggesting a remote natural setting. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality typical of mid-20th century amateur film, with slight motion blur and natural lighting. This authentic period recording offers a rare glimpse into early 20th-century outdoor life and landscape.

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: 121486901

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Washington landscape requests needing quiet archival 8mm lake, hills, and small-boat cutaways for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look and metadata-supported 1938 date place the scene in a late-1930s home-movie context, though no specific landmark is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer's viewpoint, holding on distant water and hills as small boats pass through the frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an overcast sky, rolling hills, a broad lake or river surface, small boats, shoreline bands, film borders, and vertical frame scratches.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, uneven exposure, slight blur, gate edges, and surface marks that give the landscape clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm exterior insert, regional transition, travel-memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway between narrated historical scenes.
Historical context: The view suggests outdoor recreation or travel in a rural Washington waterscape, but the frames do not identify the people, vessels, or exact location.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and location identification should be reviewed separately before final use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 Washington 8mm lake footage, black-and-white home movie boats on water, and 1930s rolling hills landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1938 Washington footage, then with broader 1930s waterways, hills, and small-boat scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing small boats on a lake or river with rolling hills and cloudy sky in the distance. — Small boats move across a broad body of water beneath low hills and overcast sky.

Black-and-white 8mm view from Washington in 1938, with a small boat on open water and a low hillside behind it. — A small boat crosses the water in front of a low, open hillside.

1938 Washington home-movie frame of a broad waterscape, distant rolling terrain, and a small boat near the lower edge. — The camera holds a wide view of water and rolling terrain with a boat low in frame.

Late-1930s Washington 8mm frame showing cloudy sky, low hills, and small boats on a broad body of water. — Small boats sit or move across the foreground water below a line of low hills.

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