Washington USA-1938: Black And White Footage Of Speedboat

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

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Black And White Footage Of Speedboat — Clip Details

Black and white 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1938, showing a speedboat racing across a body of water. The grainy, vintage film captures the boat creating a large wake and splashing through the water, with trees visible along the distant shoreline. The footage exhibits classic 8mm film characteristics including scratches, dust, and a soft focus, offering authentic archival material for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 121487089

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: 1930s Washington home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational sequences needing period recreational boating on open water.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1930s amateur filming of a speedboat and shoreline, with era support coming from the supplied 1938 8mm metadata rather than visible clothing or signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a spectator filming from shore or another boat as a small craft passes quickly through choppy water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a speeding boat, rough water, spray, a foaming wake, distant tree-lined shore, low hills, and heavy frame-edge shadows.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm texture shows soft focus, strong grain, scratches, flicker, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief action insert, waterside cutaway, recreation transition, or memory beat within a 1930s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents leisure or sport boating on a body of water, without enough visible evidence to identify the waterway, event, or participants.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible in these frames, but copyright status and location identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 Washington 8mm speedboat footage, black-and-white home movie boating, vintage water recreation, and 1930s boat wake cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Washington 1938 material, then broader 1930s boating, water recreation, or shoreline home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a dark-edged view over water toward trees and shoreline, with a boat blurred in motion near the left. — A boat passes across the water in a dark-framed shoreline view.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from the Washington clip showing open water, a low distant shore, and heavy dark borders from the film frame. — Open water and a distant shoreline fill the frame between dark film edges.

1938 Washington home-movie frame showing a speedboat producing spray and a foaming wake on rough water, with shoreline beyond. — The speedboat cuts across choppy water, leaving spray and wake behind it.

Black-and-white 8mm frame showing a small boat near the lower right, open water, low shoreline, and soft film grain. — A small boat appears near the edge of the frame against open water.

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