Washington USA-1940: Two Friends Enjoying A Boat Ride Before Cutting Away To A

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

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Two Friends Enjoying A Boat Ride Before Cutting Away To A — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940 shows two men enjoying a boat ride on a calm lake, their small motorboat cutting through the water and leaving a white wake. The grainy black-and-white film captures the classic aesthetic of mid-20th century amateur recordings, with the boat moving from left to right across the frame. The scene transitions to a desert landscape where two men in period attire, one wearing a hat and suspenders, stand near a vehicle overlooking a vast, arid terrain. The footage exhibits natural film grain, soft focus, and the characteristic framing of home movie cameras, evoking a nostalgic sense of mid-century American leisure and exploration.

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: 121491544

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 home-movie requests needing a brief recreational boating insert from Washington, United States, with visible passengers on a small motorboat.
Period detail: The small open motorboat, black-and-white 8mm texture, and casual leisure scene support a mid-20th-century reading, while no landmarks or exact lake identity are visible.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal camera attention to two friends riding across calm water, framed as a personal leisure memory rather than a staged boating demonstration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat, two seated passengers, calm lake water, bright wake spray, shoreline in soft focus, boat reflections, and contact-sheet frame edges.
Film character: The clip carries a grainy black-and-white 8mm look with soft focus, uneven exposure, slight blur, and the observational framing typical of amateur home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short leisure insert, travel-memory beat, or transition into broader 1940s outdoor recreation or friendship material.
Historical context: The footage visually documents small-scale recreational boating and social leisure in a home-movie context, without enough visible evidence to identify the lake or event.
Research note: People are visible but not identifiable in detail, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and any collection permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s Washington home movie boating, vintage 8mm lake ride, two men in small motorboat, and black-and-white amateur recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Washington 1940 footage, then with broader home-movie themes of boating, friendship, lakes, and outdoor leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington home-movie frame showing two people in a small motorboat crossing calm water with a white wake behind them. — A small motorboat carries two passengers across a quiet lake, leaving a bright wake.

The boat approaches at an angle on a calm Washington lake, with two seated figures visible above the bow and wake spreading behind. — The motorboat angles toward the camera as its wake opens across the lake surface.

A side view shows the small motorboat crossing left to right, with two passengers seated low and water spray trailing behind. — Two passengers ride in profile as the motorboat moves across the lake.

Closer 8mm frame of two people in a small motorboat on calm Washington lake water, with the hull reflected below and wake trailing left. — A closer side view captures the passengers and hull reflected on the lake.

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