Washington USA-1940: Scenery Of A Lake With Forested Hills And A Window View

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

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Scenery Of A Lake With Forested Hills And A Window View — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940, captured through a window frame. The clip shows a serene natural landscape with a calm lake in the foreground and a dense forested hillside rising in the background. The image is slightly out of focus with visible film grain, scratches, and dust, characteristic of archival 8mm film. The muted green and gray tones evoke a nostalgic, quiet atmosphere, suggesting a peaceful summer day in the wilderness. This authentic, unedited footage is ideal for historical documentaries, nature montages, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 121491886

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 landscape footage for documentary inserts needing a quiet lake, forested hills, or remote Pacific Northwest atmosphere.
Period detail: The view may show a mid-century home-movie window vantage, with soft 8mm color, muted greens, and no visible modern structures or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler or resident filming scenery through a window rather than composing a formal landscape shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm lake, forested hills, a dark window frame, hazy sky, distant shoreline, film dust, and soft focus.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archive texture through visible grain, scratches, slight exposure softness, muted color, and gentle handheld stillness.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet cutaway, memory beat, travel transition, or establishing insert for rural Washington scenery.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for mid-century recreational or residential views of Washington lake and forest landscapes without showing people or activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private interiors are visible, but copyright, location identification, and property context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940 Washington 8mm lake footage, forested hills home movie, Pacific Northwest landscape, and window view scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Washington 1940 material, then other 8mm lake, forest, mountain, or travel landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington 8mm frame showing a lake and evergreen hillside through a vertical window frame, with soft focus and visible film wear. — A lake and forested hillside appear beyond a dark window frame.

1940 Washington home-movie view of a wooded hill across still water, partially blocked by a dark window mullion and film scratches. — A wooded lakeshore is framed by a dark vertical window divider.

1940 Washington 8mm scenery with a calm lake, low forested hills, and a dark window frame at the left edge. — Soft-focus hills and water fill the lower window view.

1940 Washington 8mm frame with rounded green hills across a lake, viewed through dark window framing and archival surface marks. — Rounded forested hills sit beyond the lake in a window-framed view.

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