Washington USA-1940: An Aerial View Of Farmland And Fields

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

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An Aerial View Of Farmland And Fields — Clip Details

A grainy, monochrome aerial view from a 1940s 8mm home movie captures a vast farmland landscape in Washington, USA. The footage, shot through a dark film gate, reveals textured fields and subtle terrain variations under overcast skies. As the camera moves, faint linear patterns suggest plowed rows or dirt paths across the rural expanse. The image is characterized by heavy film grain, light scratches, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival quality. This authentic vintage footage offers a rare glimpse of mid-20th century American agriculture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: AerialBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121491672

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 documentary or educational requests needing 1940s rural Washington aerial farmland footage from an amateur 8mm source.
Period detail: The monochrome, grainy aerial view and soft focus support a mid-20th-century home-movie reading, while no specific landmarks or structures are identifiable.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the unstaged value of a traveler or amateur filming farmland from above through a dark aircraft window or film-gate edge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include broad fields, faint plowed rows, pale terrain bands, dark vertical frame edges, soft horizon lines, and film grain.
Film character: Heavy grain, muted exposure, soft focus, scratches, and dark gate edges give the brief aerial view a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural establishing insert, memory transition, agricultural cutaway, or quiet archival bridge between travel scenes.
Historical context: The footage may show mid-century agricultural land patterns in Washington without enough visible detail to identify a specific farm, town, or crop.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but copyright status and any underlying property concerns should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Researchers may find this clip under 1940s 8mm aerial farmland, Washington rural fields, vintage home movie agriculture, or monochrome farm landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1940 Washington material, then related aerial farmland or rural agriculture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s Washington home-movie frame showing pale farmland from above with dark gate edges and soft monochrome texture. — Aerial farmland appears beyond dark vertical edges in a grainy monochrome frame.

Aerial view over rural Washington fields, with faint linear field patterns and heavy 8mm grain. — Faint field divisions stretch across a soft, grainy aerial view.

Monochrome 8mm aerial frame showing farmland texture, patterned rows, and dark vertical frame edges in Washington. — Patterned agricultural rows are visible near the lower edge of the aerial frame.

1940s Washington aerial farmland frame with a curved road or boundary crossing pale fields under soft exposure. — A curved line, possibly a road or field boundary, cuts through the pale farmland below.

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