Washington USA-1939: A Railroad Track Runs Along A Lake In The Desert Flanked By Mountains

$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.

Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Washington

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A Railroad Track Runs Along A Lake In The Desert Flanked... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1939, captured from a moving vehicle. The clip shows a desolate desert landscape with a railroad track running alongside a calm lake, flanked by distant mountains under a cloudy sky. The grainy black-and-white film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics, including film scratches and a narrow frame. A utility pole appears briefly, reinforcing the sense of remote transportation infrastructure. The sequence evokes a nostalgic, archival feel, perfect for historical documentaries or retro-themed 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: 121489079

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 1674 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: mt washington,quebec
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Washington, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: 1930s Washington 8mm travel footage for productions needing remote rail, lake, and mountain landscape context.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1939 rural transportation corridor, with rail track, utility poles, sparse buildings, and open terrain visible from a moving vantage point.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the observational feel of a traveler filming through a vehicle window rather than a staged landscape setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include water, rail line, shoreline scrub, distant mountains, cloudy sky, utility poles, and a small building near a slope.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and vertical scratches give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a travel insert, remote-route cutaway, landscape transition, or quiet memory beat between narrated historical sections.
Historical context: The view places rail infrastructure beside open water and arid mountain terrain, suggesting rural movement through a sparsely built landscape.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identity, and any property questions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1930s Washington 8mm railroad by lake, home movie desert mountains, and vintage rail corridor landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Washington 1939 material, then other rail, lake, mountain, and moving-vehicle travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Washington 8mm frame showing a bright lakeside landscape with scrub and distant hills, partly obscured by the film or window edge. — A bright lakeside view passes behind a dark vertical edge during the moving shot.

1939 Washington 8mm frame showing arid shoreline terrain, low mountains, scattered rocks, and a cloudy sky from a moving viewpoint. — Low mountains and scrubby shoreline terrain appear beyond the dark frame edge.

1939 Washington 8mm frame showing a rail or road corridor along water, with low hills, poles, and cloudy sky in the distance. — A linear transport corridor runs beside open water under a cloudy sky.

1939 Washington 8mm frame showing a small building, utility poles, and rocky mountain slope in a sparse rural landscape. — A small structure and utility poles sit below a steep rocky slope.

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