Washington USA-1940: Small Boat With 2 Men Going Very Fast Through A River And

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

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Small Boat With 2 Men Going Very Fast Through A River And — Clip Details

Black and white 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940 shows a small motorboat speeding across a river. Two men are aboard, one steering as the boat cuts through the water, leaving a white wake behind. The grainy, high-contrast image has a distinct vintage quality with visible film grain and dark borders. Distant hills form a hazy backdrop under an overcast sky. The handheld camera captures the boat moving from left to right, conveying a sense of motion and leisure from the mid-20th century.

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: 121491539

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1940s Washington home-movie footage of small-boat recreation, river travel, or mid-century leisure for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look, distant undeveloped shoreline, and small open motorboat may show mid-20th-century recreational boating in Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged home-movie view of two men crossing open water quickly while the camera follows from shore or another boat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat, two seated men, white wake, broad river surface, distant hazy hills, overcast sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, high-contrast monochrome exposure, handheld framing, and gate-edge darkness that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel cutaway, recreation beat, or transitional river image within a 1940s or memory-based sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually situates motorized leisure on a Washington river or lake without enough detail to identify the exact waterway or event.
Research note: People are visible but not identifiable in detail, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, brands, private property, or music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940 Washington 8mm motorboat, black-and-white home movie river boating, two men in small boat, and vintage recreational boating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Washington 1940 footage, then related 8mm boating, riverside recreation, or mid-century travel-home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington 8mm frame showing two men in a small motorboat speeding across open water with a foamy wake and hazy hills behind. — A small motorboat carrying two men cuts across the water with a white wake trailing behind.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from Washington showing a small motorboat with two men moving fast across a river or lake. — The boat continues across the frame, its wake bright against the darker water.

1940 Washington home-movie frame showing two men in a small motorboat on open water, with a larger wake visible in the foreground. — A foreground wake crosses the lower frame as the small motorboat moves through the distance.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of a small motorboat with two men on Washington water, seen against distant hills and a gray sky. — The boat appears closer to center frame, with wake spreading across the smooth water.

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