Washington USA-1940: Old Video Of People Trying To Fish In A Boat With A Car

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

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Old Video Of People Trying To Fish In A Boat With A Car — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940, showing a grainy, monochrome scene of a small motorboat on calm water. Two people are aboard the boat, appearing to fish or travel across the water, with a distant shoreline visible. A car is parked on the shore in one frame, suggesting a lakeside or coastal holiday outing. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: high grain, soft focus, and natural light, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-20th century leisure and family life.

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: 121491796

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 Washington home-movie requests needing quiet leisure, small-boat activity, or waterside travel as documentary cutaway footage.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-20th-century shoreline outing, with a small motorboat and distant car as visible period clues rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged observation of people moving across calm water from a distant family-film viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open water, a low shoreline, a small motorboat, distant occupants, a parked car, sky, and strong film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, heavy grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and a restrained monochrome home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, waterside transition, or cutaway for recreational travel and fishing themes.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday leisure around water in Washington, while the exact body of water and people remain unidentified.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and property questions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1940s Washington 8mm boat footage, vintage fishing outing, monochrome home movie shoreline, or car by water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then Washington 1940 material, then related boating, fishing, shoreline, and family-leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington 8mm frame with a largely blank or overexposed view and dark gate borders visible. — A mostly blank, overexposed portion of the 8mm frame with film edges prominent.

1940 Washington 8mm view of a small boat carrying people across calm water near a distant low shore. — A small boat moves across open water below a low shoreline.

1940 Washington home-movie frame showing a distant boat on calm water with shoreline and sky beyond. — A distant boat sits or travels on the water near a low shore.

1940 Washington 8mm frame of people in a small boat on water, with a distant car on the shoreline. — People ride in a small boat while a car is visible along the far shoreline.

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