Washington USA-1940: Two Men On A Small Boat Sailing On The Ocean

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

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Two Men On A Small Boat Sailing On The Ocean — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940 showing two men in a small rowboat on the ocean. The grainy black-and-white film captures a distant view of the boat near a rocky shoreline with a vehicle parked on the cliff edge. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including visible grain, slight camera shake, and natural lighting. The scene conveys a quiet, nostalgic moment of early 20th-century maritime recreation, with the men appearing to enjoy a peaceful outing on the water. The frame borders suggest the clip was captured through a projector lens, enhancing its authentic archival feel.

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: 121491785

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: 1940s Washington 8mm footage suited to documentary inserts about coastal recreation, small craft, and quiet home-movie views of shoreline travel.
Period detail: The distant automobile on the bluff, small open boat, and black-and-white 8mm handling support a mid-20th-century home-movie reading without identifying a precise site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip holds an unstaged distant view of two people moving across open water, suggesting a casual outing filmed from shore rather than a planned public event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small boat with two occupants, low waves, a rocky shoreline, a bluff or cliff edge, a parked vehicle, open sky, and dark projector borders.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, soft distant detail, uneven exposure, slight frame instability, and contact-print borders that add physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short coastal cutaway, memory beat, transition, or establishing insert for maritime recreation in a vintage home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows leisure or travel near a Washington shoreline, with people small in frame and landscape detail carrying more context than personal identification.
Research note: People are visible but faces are not readable; review copyright source status separately from any likeness, location, vehicle, or property considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s Washington coast 8mm home movie, small boat near rocky shore, vintage rowboat ocean footage, and black-and-white coastal recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with footage from the same reel, then with Washington 1940 coastal scenes, then with broader vintage small-boat, shoreline, and leisure travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington 8mm frame showing two people in a small boat near a rocky shoreline with a vehicle parked on the bluff above. — Two people sit in a small boat below a distant bluff with a parked vehicle at the horizon.

Black-and-white 8mm view from Washington in 1940, with a small boat on the water and a vehicle on the shoreline ridge. — The boat remains offshore as a vehicle sits above the rocky shoreline.

Partially blocked 1940 Washington home-movie frame showing water and a distant shoreline vehicle, with the boat largely hidden by exposure or obstruction. — A bright obstruction covers much of the lower frame while the shoreline and vehicle remain visible.

1940 Washington 8mm frame showing the small boat farther across the water beneath a rocky shoreline and distant parked vehicle. — The small boat moves across the water below the bluff and distant vehicle.

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