Washington USA-1940: Two Men Row Across Calm Lake by Tree-Lined Shore

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

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Two Men Row Across Calm Lake by Tree-Lined Shore — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940 shows two men in a small white rowboat on a calm lake. One man rows while the other sits facing forward, both dressed in light-colored casual attire typical of the era. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections. The boat moves across the water, passing other docked rowboats, with a tree-lined shore visible in the background. The shot is framed by dark borders, suggesting it was captured through a window or viewfinder. This authentic archival clip captures a peaceful moment of recreational boating during the 1940s.

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: 121491940

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s-era documentary or editorial requests needing quiet recreational boating, lake leisure, or home-movie views of Washington state outdoor life.
Period detail: The light clothing, small wooden rowboat, docked boats, and 8mm home-movie color may show mid-20th-century casual lake recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged leisure moment as one man rows while another passenger sits forward, seen from a distant home-movie vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small white rowboat, two men, rippled lake water, docked rowboats, a tree-lined far shore, and dark frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, gate weave, and dark contact-sheet borders that retain the texture of scanned 8mm film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm cutaway, memory beat, transition, or establishing insert for wartime-era leisure, lakeside recreation, or family travel.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for outdoor recreation and small-boat lake use in a home-movie setting without identifying a specific lake or event.
Research note: People are visible but not identifiable at this distance; copyright, likeness, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s Washington boating footage, vintage 8mm lake recreation, men in rowboat, home movie water scenes, and archival outdoor leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Washington 1940 material, then broader vintage lake, boating, dock, and recreational travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two men appear in a small white rowboat on a Washington lake in 1940-era 8mm home-movie footage. — A small rowboat carries two people across rippled lake water.

The rowboat continues across the lake, with docked boats partly visible along the right side of the frame. — The boat passes across open water near moored rowboats.

A man rows a small white boat with another passenger seated ahead, passing docked rowboats in Washington lake footage. — The rowboat comes closer to docked boats along the water.

The two-person rowboat passes a cluster of docked boats in soft, faded 8mm footage from Washington. — The boat moves past a small group of rowboats near the dock area.

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