Washington USA-1940: River Bordered by Evergreen Forests

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

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River Bordered by Evergreen Forests — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940, captured through a window frame. The clip shows a serene lake or river with gentle ripples, bordered by dense evergreen forests and rolling hills under an overcast sky. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, muted green and gray tones, visible grain, and light scratches. The camera appears to be handheld, with slight movement suggesting a passenger's view from a boat or vehicle. This authentic archival footage evokes a nostalgic, contemplative mood, perfect for historical documentaries, period pieces, or nature-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121491900

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: This 1940s Washington 8mm clip supports archival requests for Pacific Northwest water, forest, and mountain cutaways in documentary or period nature sequences.
Period detail: The view may show a 1940 home-movie travel scene, with no visible buildings, vehicles, signage, or clothing to provide more specific period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The framing through a window or dark vertical supports suggests an unstaged passenger viewpoint, likely recorded while moving past the water and wooded hills.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled water, evergreen forest, low mountains or hills, overcast sky, dark window-frame borders, and soft distant shoreline.
Film character: The footage has a muted 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, light scratches, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, travel transition, reflective cutaway, or memory beat for Washington landscape material.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for mid-century leisure or travel filming in a forested Washington waterscape without showing people or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any project-specific archival permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1940 Washington 8mm lake footage, Pacific Northwest forest hills home movie, and vintage river landscape through window.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Washington 1940 water or forest footage, and then with broader vintage mountain landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington 8mm view of rippled water, forested hills, and soft mountains seen through a dark frame edge. — Forested hills rise beyond rippled water, partly bordered by a dark frame.

1940 Washington 8mm landscape with rippled water, evergreen shoreline, distant hills, and dark vertical window framing. — A distant wooded shoreline and hills are seen across the water through dark framing.

1940 Washington 8mm frame showing pale rippled water, evergreen shoreline, low hills, and dark window borders. — Water and a forested shore pass in a soft, muted home-movie view.

1940 Washington 8mm view of open water, low evergreen shoreline, hazy hills, and pale overcast sky. — A low wooded shoreline sits beyond open water under a pale sky.

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