Washington USA-1940: Two Young Men Cruising in Motorboat Across Water

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

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Two Young Men Cruising in Motorboat Across Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from 1940 shows two young men cruising in a small motorboat across a vast body of water in Washington, USA. The grainy black-and-white imagery captures the boat speeding through the water, leaving a white wake behind. The men appear relaxed, enjoying a leisurely summer adventure on the open water. The footage exhibits classic home movie characteristics with soft focus, film grain, and natural lighting, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century recreational boating.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121491509

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 U.S. home-movie requests needing recreational boating, youth leisure, or small motorboat inserts for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The small open runabout, monochrome 8mm look, and casual clothing may show mid-20th-century leisure boating in Washington as described by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: Two young men ride close to the camera in an unstaged-looking motorboat pass, with attention on speed, spray, and shared recreation rather than formal posing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two riders, a small motorboat, bright wake, open water, distant shoreline or horizon, and soft black-and-white film texture.
Film character: The clip has grainy black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, high water highlights, and slight handheld or telephoto instability typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, leisure cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat suggesting summer boating and open-water recreation.
Historical context: The footage visually documents private recreational motorboating and youthful leisure on a large body of water, without identifiable landmarks or named events in frame.
Research note: People are visible and faces are partly discernible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s Washington 8mm boating, vintage small motorboat, young men on water, home movie lake or sea recreation, and black-and-white wake footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Washington 1940 boating or waterfront material, then broader vintage recreation and travel-on-water scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two young men ride in a small motorboat on open water in Washington, 1940, with spray and wake behind them. — A small boat carrying two riders cuts across the water, leaving a bright wake.

The small motorboat moves toward the camera across a broad body of water, with two riders visible in soft 8mm focus. — The boat approaches through rippled water as spray fans out behind it.

A small open boat carrying two young men crosses the frame, throwing spray across the water surface. — The boat continues past camera with the wake spreading into the foreground.

Side view of two young men in a small motorboat, seen in black-and-white 8mm footage on open water. — A closer side view shows the riders seated low as the boat skims along the water.

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