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Washington USA-1940: Drive Through Forest

$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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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Drive Through Forest — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1940 showing a scenic drive through a dense forest in Washington, USA. The view is framed by dark borders, suggesting a window perspective from a moving vehicle. Tall evergreen trees line a narrow dirt road that stretches into the distance, with soft focus and natural light creating a nostalgic, dreamlike quality. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and subtle motion blur, capturing the authentic feel of mid-20th century amateur cinematography. The journey through the lush, green woodland evokes a sense of peaceful exploration and Americana nostalgia.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
121491867

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • road
  • trees
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  • nature
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  • washington USA
  • 1940
  • 1940s road trip footage
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  • classic Super 8
  • old home movie
  • 1940s Americana
  • nature documentary
  • archival footage
  • retro travel
  • forest road
  • vintage film grain
  • nostalgic drive
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage 1940s
  • scenic woodland
  • old film footage
  • road trip 1940
  • vintage nature
  • classic film
  • 8mm archival

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s-era documentary or editorial sequences needing a quiet Washington forest road view from amateur 8mm travel footage.
Period detail
The clip may show a mid-century rural or park road, with unpaved surface, tall evergreen trees, and color 8mm home-movie handling supporting the 1940 metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The footage carries an unstaged passenger or roadside travel perspective, recording scenery for memory rather than formal landscape coverage.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a narrow dirt road, tall conifers, green roadside brush, distant low hills, pale sky, and dark film-gate borders.
Film character
Soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, and slight motion blur give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a travel insert, rural transition, forest cutaway, or reflective memory beat in a Northwest road sequence.
Historical context
The view suggests recreational or everyday travel through wooded Washington terrain without visible people, vehicles, signage, or landmarks to identify a precise site.
Research note
No people, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright, location certainty, and any road or park identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match
Likely matches searches for 1940s Washington forest road 8mm, vintage evergreen drive, Northwest home movie travel, and rural dirt road footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Washington 1940 travel footage, then with other vintage forest-road and nature-drive material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington 8mm frame showing a pale dirt road bordered by tall conifers and green brush, with dark film borders.
A forest road recedes between tall evergreens in soft-focus home-movie footage.
1940 Washington forest-road view from 8mm footage, with tall trees, a light road surface, and distant wooded hills.
The road continues through dense conifers, framed by the dark edge of the film scan.
Soft 8mm home-movie frame of a Washington dirt road lined with conifers and low green undergrowth.
A tree-lined road opens toward distant greenery under a pale sky.
1940 Washington 8mm frame showing a narrow road receding through evergreen forest with brush and low hills beyond.
Tall trees and roadside brush frame the road as it narrows into the distance.

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