Washington USA-1940: Someone Traveling In A Car Down A Road Through A Forest And

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

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Someone Traveling In A Car Down A Road Through A Forest And — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from 1940 captures a journey through a dense forest in Washington, USA. The clip opens on a white sign mounted on wooden posts, clearly stating 'THIS IS AN INDIAN OWNED ROAD. TRESPASSING THEREON FOR PURPOSES OF HUNTING OR FISHING WITHOUT AN INDIAN PERMIT IS POSITIVELY FORBIDDEN.' The camera then pans upward through tall pine trees, revealing a dirt road winding into the wilderness. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color saturation, and a nostalgic, handheld perspective, evoking a sense of mid-century Americana and frontier 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: 121491860

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s Washington 8mm travel footage for requests needing forest-road movement, roadside signage, and Pacific Northwest woodland atmosphere.
Period detail: The sign text, dirt road, and handheld color 8mm view may show mid-century travel access through forested land in Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a traveler’s perspective, pausing on posted road rules before drifting upward to trees and onward down the road.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white permit sign, wooden posts, tall conifers, dense undergrowth, blue sky, a dirt road, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm color, warm saturation, visible grain, gate edges, and handheld reframing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: Use as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for rural travel, restricted-access roads, forest passage, or Washington landscape context.
Historical context: The posted notice refers to an Indian-owned road and permits for hunting or fishing, offering visual context for land access without identifying a specific tribe.
Research note: No people or brands are visible, but the posted land-access notice and property wording should be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s Washington 8mm forest road, Indian-owned road sign, permit notice, car travel through conifers, and vintage woodland road footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots from the same trip, then with Washington 1940 forest travel material, then with broader rural-road and roadside-sign footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington 8mm frame showing a white Indian-owned road notice posted beside tall trees and undergrowth. — Roadside permit notice at the edge of a forested road.

Soft 8mm view of a posted road notice in a Washington forest, with conifers and brush behind it. — Second view of the posted road notice among conifers.

Upward handheld view of tall conifers and sky in 1940 Washington forest travel footage. — Camera tilts upward through tall forest trees.

Dirt road receding through tall Washington conifers in a handheld 1940 8mm travel frame. — Forest road stretching ahead between tall trees.

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