Washington USA-1940: Small Plane and Men Fishing by River in Vintage 8mm Footage

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Small Plane and Men Fishing by River in Vintage 8mm Footage — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940, showing a small propeller plane on a grassy airfield under overcast skies. The grainy black-and-white film captures a man in a suit and hat standing on a rocky riverbank, holding a fishing rod. Another person's hands are visible in the foreground, also fishing. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with natural grain, soft focus, and authentic 1940s home movie charm. The scene blends aviation and leisure activities in a nostalgic, archival style.

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: 121491737

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 brief aviation and riverside leisure material for documentary, museum, or education edits.
Period detail: The clip may show 1940-era clothing, a small propeller aircraft, and informal fishing gear in Washington, supported by the supplied date and location metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged view of men fishing by a river and a small plane seen from a home-movie camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small propeller plane, grassy airfield, rocky riverbank, fishing rods, a suited man in a hat, hands in the foreground, rippled water, and distant hills.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and contact-sheet framing that preserve its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or transition between aviation, travel, and outdoor recreation scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers a domestic visual record of small-plane travel and riverside recreation without supporting a specific event or named location beyond Washington metadata.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s Washington 8mm plane footage, vintage home movie fishing by river, small propeller aircraft airfield, and black-and-white outdoor leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Washington 1940 material, then broader 1940s aviation, fishing, river, and home-movie leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Washington 1940 home-movie frame with dark gate edges and a largely blank, softly exposed field of sky or film leader. — Soft, dark-edged frame showing mostly blank exposure area before the clearer action.

Small propeller aircraft on an open Washington airfield in 1940-era black-and-white home-movie footage. — Small propeller plane seen on an open airfield with distant hills behind it.

Man in a hat and suit-like clothing fishing from a rocky riverbank in Washington, shown in 1940 black-and-white 8mm footage. — A man fishes from the rocky edge of a river while another person's hands appear in the foreground.

Washington riverside home-movie frame from 1940 showing a man fishing as another person handles a rod in the foreground. — Riverside fishing scene with a man near the water and another fisher partly visible at the edge of frame.

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