Washington USA-1940: Man Riding A Motorboat Around An Island Where His House Is

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

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Man Riding A Motorboat Around An Island Where His House Is — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940 shows a man aboard a motorboat navigating calm waters around a wooded island. The black-and-white film captures the man in a dark jacket and glasses, looking back toward the camera with a smile as the boat moves past a small house nestled among trees. The grainy texture and soft focus of the 8mm film evoke a nostalgic, personal moment of recreation. The scene includes a metal railing, gentle waves, and a distant shoreline, offering a rare glimpse into mid-20th century leisure and domestic life.

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: 121491413

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s Washington home-movie requests needing leisure boating, island shoreline, and domestic waterfront atmosphere.
Period detail: The clothing, small motorboat rail, black-and-white 8mm look, and wooded waterfront may show early-1940s recreational travel.
Home-movie behavior: The adult man smiles back toward the camera from the moving boat, giving the clip an informal family-film perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man, boat railing, wake, open water, wooded shoreline, small house, dock area, and film gate edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, waterfront cutaway, or personal-memory beat in a recreation sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows mid-century leisure on the water and a quiet island shoreline without identifying a specific event or landmark.
Research note: An adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and any property concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under 1940s Washington 8mm boating, home movie motorboat island, man on boat, or waterfront house footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then Washington 1940 material, then related boating, island, shoreline, and home-movie recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1940 Washington home-movie footage, an adult man in glasses smiles back from a motorboat as wake trails behind him. — A man turns toward the camera while riding on a small motorboat.

An adult man aboard a moving boat smiles toward the camera, with open water and soft shoreline shapes in the background. — The passenger smiles as the boat moves across calm water.

A small shoreline house and wooded bank appear across the water, filmed from the moving boat in Washington home-movie footage. — The boat passes a wooded shoreline with a small house near the water.

The final frame shows a wooded waterfront with a small house, shoreline stones, and rippled water in black-and-white 8mm texture. — A quiet shoreline house sits among trees as the boat continues past.

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