Washington USA-1940: Start Of Trail Head To A Lake In The Mountains

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

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Start Of Trail Head To A Lake In The Mountains — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940, showing a scenic mountain landscape viewed from a moving vehicle. The clip opens with a lush, forested hillside under a bright sky, then reveals a tranquil lake in the valley below. The final frames focus on a wooden sign in a pine forest stating that the area is Indian-owned land, with trespassing for hunting or fishing without a permit strictly forbidden. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame borders of 8mm home movie footage, capturing a nostalgic slice of mid-20th century American outdoor recreation and land ownership history.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121491847

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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1940s Washington home-movie footage of mountain recreation access, forest roads, lake scenery, and posted land-use boundaries.
Period detail: The color 8mm look, roadside framing, and hand-painted permit warning sign fit mid-20th-century outdoor travel footage, with 1940 Washington supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera records a visitor's moving-view approach to a wooded lake area, then pauses on a posted sign as an informal travel record rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible details include forested hillsides, a lake below the mountains, pine trunks, grass and undergrowth, film-frame borders, and a wooden warning sign.
Film character: The footage has soft color, visible grain, slight gate weave, dark frame edges, and handheld or vehicle-shot motion typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, land-access cutaway, or memory beat within a Pacific Northwest recreation sequence.
Historical context: The posted sign places scenic recreation beside land ownership and permit restrictions, giving the landscape footage a social context beyond scenery alone.
Research note: No people, faces, or brands are visible, but the posted land-ownership notice should be reviewed for property, location, and copyright context separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s Washington mountain lake home movie, 8mm forest trailhead footage, posted Indian-owned land sign, and vintage outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1940 Washington lake or mountain footage, then broader archive scenes of trailheads and posted land access.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington home-movie frame showing a green, forested mountainside from a moving outdoor viewpoint. — A wooded hillside fills the frame at the start of the mountain travel view.

1940 Washington frame showing a lake at the base of a wooded mountain, viewed through 8mm film borders. — The view opens to a lake below the forested mountain slope.

1940 Washington home-movie frame of a posted land-use warning sign standing among pine trees and undergrowth. — A posted sign appears in the pine forest near the trail or lake access area.

Final 1940 Washington frame holding on a sign that appears to warn against hunting or fishing without a permit on Indian-owned land. — The clip ends on the land-use notice posted in the wooded area.

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