Washington USA-1940: Men Riding On Boat In The Ocean

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Year1940
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1940 Washington

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Men Riding On Boat In The Ocean — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940 captures a man aboard a small boat on the ocean. The grainy black-and-white film shows a young man in a collared shirt smiling and holding a pole, likely rowing or navigating. The footage includes views of the water's surface and a brief glimpse of a figure in a hat. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with visible grain, scratches, and dark borders, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a 1940s boating trip.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121491372

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1940 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

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 1940s Pacific Northwest home-movie requests needing brief boating, water travel, or casual leisure footage for documentary inserts.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look, clothing, small vessel setting, and 1940 Washington metadata support a mid-century recreational boating context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, with a young man smiling toward the camera while another figure is glimpsed through the boat structure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a young man on a small boat, rippling water, a pole or oar, a seated figure in a cap, dark frame edges, and open water views.
Film character: The footage carries a physical 8mm texture with soft focus, heavy grain, scratches, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and dark gate borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, water-travel cutaway, transition into a boating sequence, or period leisure insert.
Historical context: The footage may show everyday recreational boating or coastal travel in Washington, seen through a private family-camera perspective rather than a staged scene.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from publicity clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940 Washington 8mm boating footage, vintage home movie on water, men on boat, Pacific Northwest leisure, and black-and-white ocean travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Washington 1940 material, then with other vintage boating, ocean, and family leisure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington 8mm frame showing a seated man in a cap partly framed by the side of a small boat. — A man in a cap is briefly visible through the boat structure.

Young man aboard a small boat in the 1940 Washington home-movie clip, smiling as water fills the background. — A smiling young man sits or leans on the boat with rippling water behind him.

Black-and-white 8mm view of open water from the boat, with soft focus, grain, and dark frame edges. — The camera looks out across the water from the moving boat.

Soft 8mm frame of water and a faint horizon from the Washington boating footage, with visible grain and gate edges. — A brief open-water view closes the boating shot.

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