Washington USA-1938: Black And White Footage Of Speed Boats Gliding Over Water

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

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Black And White Footage Of Speed Boats Gliding Over Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm black and white footage from 1938 in Washington USA shows speedboats gliding across a lake. The grainy, high-contrast film captures small motorboats cutting through the water, leaving white wakes behind. A distant shoreline with rolling hills forms the backdrop under an overcast sky. The footage is framed by dark borders, typical of home movie film, with visible scratches and dust. In the final frame, a group of people watches from the shore as a boat speeds by, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-20th century recreational boating.

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: 121486940

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: Useful for requests needing 1930s Washington home-movie boating, lake recreation, or small motorboat cutaways for documentary and editorial sequences.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s leisure boating, with small open motorboats, an undeveloped shoreline, and black-and-white 8mm framing supporting the period metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the amateur shoreline viewpoint, including brief spectator presence as boats pass across the water without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include small motorboats, white wakes, rippled lake water, distant hills, overcast sky, dark frame edges, and a few shore viewers.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, high-contrast black-and-white exposure, soft focus, gate borders, scratches, dust, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an insert, transition, or memory beat for recreation, water travel, regional lake life, or prewar American leisure.
Historical context: The scenes visually document small-scale recreational boating on a lake or bay, with open water and sparsely built shoreline visible in the background.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright or location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1938 Washington 8mm boating footage, black-and-white speedboats on lake, vintage motorboats with wakes, and home movie shoreline spectators.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel boating shots, then with Washington 1938 lake material, then with broader 1930s recreation, water travel, or home-movie leisure themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington home-movie frame showing a small motorboat leaving a wake across dark lake water with low hills in the distance. — A small boat moves across rippled water below a low, distant shoreline.

Black-and-white 8mm view of a motorboat crossing open water in Washington, with a low shoreline and dark gate edges visible. — A motorboat cuts across the lake against a distant hillside.

1938 Washington 8mm frame with a small boat near the lower edge of the water, backed by a broad dark hillside and overcast sky. — A distant boat passes below a broad, sparsely built hillside.

Home-movie frame from 1938 Washington showing distant shore viewers beside the water while a small open boat passes in the background. — Shoreline viewers stand near the water as a boat moves past.

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