Washington USA-1940: People Swimming In Water, Misty Views Of Mountain Silhouette

$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.

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

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People Swimming In Water, Misty Views Of Mountain Silhouette — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940, showing a misty, atmospheric scene with people swimming in a calm body of water. The grainy black-and-white film captures three swimmers as silhouettes against the water's surface, with faint ripples and reflections. The footage exhibits classic 8mm film characteristics including grain, scratches, and a soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The dark frame borders and subtle light variations suggest a handheld camera capturing a quiet moment of recreation in a natural setting.

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: 121491472

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: 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 Washington home-movie requests needing quiet recreation, swimmers in open water, or misty natural scenery for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look and metadata support a 1940 Washington setting, while the frames show swimmers in calm water with a hazy mountain or shoreline silhouette.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observer's view of people swimming at a distance, with the camera held from shore and no posed action visible.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, several distant swimmers, soft ripples, dark frame edges, misty hills or mountains, and heavy film grain.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm texture with visible grain, scratches, uneven exposure, gate borders, and slight handheld framing that reads as original home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, transition, memory beat, or atmospheric insert for outdoor recreation, lake travel, or Pacific Northwest archival sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers social context for informal swimming and leisure in a natural setting, without enough visual evidence to identify the exact waterway or community.
Research note: People are visible only as distant swimmers, so likeness risk appears limited but should still be reviewed separately from copyright or location rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s Washington 8mm swimming, misty lake swimmers, vintage home movie water recreation, and mountain silhouette shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Washington 1940 material, and then with broader vintage swimming, lakeside leisure, or misty landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington 8mm frame showing distant swimmers in open water below a misty hill or shoreline silhouette. — Swimmers move through calm water in a hazy natural setting.

Soft black-and-white 8mm view of water and a hazy mountain or shoreline form, with no close figures visible in this frame. — A misty water surface and distant landform fill the frame.

1940 Washington home-movie frame with several distant swimmers moving through rippling water under a hazy background. — Small swimmer silhouettes cross the rippled water.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from Washington showing swimmers spaced across calm water with a faint misty shoreline beyond. — Swimmers are spaced across the water beneath a faint shoreline.

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