Washington USA-1940: Two Persons Enjoying Boating On The Lake

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

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Two Persons Enjoying Boating On The Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1940 showing two people in a small motorboat cruising across a calm lake in Washington, USA. The grainy black-and-white film captures the boat moving through the water, leaving a wake behind, with distant mountains visible on the horizon. The footage has a classic, nostalgic quality with natural film grain and soft focus, typical of amateur 8mm home movies from the era. The scene evokes a sense of peaceful recreation and mid-20th century Americana.

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: 121491530

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 Pacific Northwest recreation requests needing brief archival boat, lake, and mountain atmosphere for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The small open motorboat, black-and-white 8mm texture, and quiet lake setting may show mid-20th-century leisure boating in Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, watching two people ride across open water rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat, two seated people, lake surface, boat wake, distant mountains, shoreline haze, and dark frame-edge vignetting.
Film character: Soft focus, heavy grain, uneven exposure, and gate shadows give the short shot a physical 8mm home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief recreation insert, travel transition, waterfront cutaway, or memory beat within a family or regional sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows leisure boating on a broad lake with mountain scenery, offering visual context for outdoor recreation in Washington without identifying the exact lake.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still apply; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s 8mm Washington lake boating, vintage home movie motorboat, mountain lake recreation, or Pacific Northwest water travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other Washington 1940 lake or mountain footage, then with broader vintage boating and outdoor recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington 8mm frame showing two people in a small motorboat crossing calm lake water with a wake behind them. — Two people ride in a small motorboat across the lake, partially framed by dark film edges.

A small boat with two occupants moves across a Washington lake in soft-focus black-and-white 8mm footage. — The boat continues across the lake, leaving a pale wake behind it.

Two people in a small motorboat approach across a calm Washington lake with distant mountains behind them. — The motorboat approaches from mid-lake, with low mountains visible through haze.

The small boat moves away across the Washington lake, framed by soft mountain silhouettes and rippling wake. — The boat recedes across the water as its wake spreads across the foreground.

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