Washington USA-1940: Black And White Footage Of Man Sailing Across A Lake On A

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

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Black And White Footage Of Man Sailing Across A Lake On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1940, this vintage home movie captures a man in a cap paddling a canoe across a calm lake. The black and white footage shows the canoe gliding through the water, with ripples spreading from its movement. The man sits at the stern, propelling the boat with a single paddle. In the final frame, the camera pans to reveal a distant shoreline with trees and a mountain range under a cloudy sky. The grainy texture and dark borders are characteristic of 8mm home movie footage from the era. This archival clip evokes a sense of quiet solitude and mid-century Americana.

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: 121492050

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: 1940s Washington home-movie lake footage for productions needing quiet outdoor recreation, water travel, or mid-century personal-memory inserts.
Period detail: The small canoe, cap, black-and-white 8mm look, and distant wooded shoreline may show a modest 1940s leisure outing in Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged observation of one man paddling steadily across calm water from a distant home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a canoe, seated man in a cap, single paddle, rippling lake surface, dark film borders, distant trees, and a low mountain ridge.
Film character: The clip carries black-and-white 8mm texture with visible grain, gate edges, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, reflective transition, travel insert, or memory beat between broader outdoor or family-history scenes.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday recreational use of a lake rather than a formal event, with landscape and small craft as the main context.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, music, or clear private property appear in the frames.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940 Washington lake canoe, black-and-white 8mm paddling, vintage home movie boating, and man in canoe on calm water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1940 Washington lake or mountain views, then broader vintage canoeing and outdoor recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington home-movie frame showing a man in a cap seated in a canoe on a calm lake with ripples around the boat. — A seated man paddles a canoe across still lake water.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of a distant man paddling a canoe across a Washington lake, with soft focus and visible film borders. — The canoe continues across open water as ripples spread behind it.

Home-movie view of the canoe passing low in the frame on a calm Washington lake, with a small plant visible at the edge. — The paddler passes through the lower frame with shoreline vegetation nearby.

Washington lake landscape in black-and-white 8mm, with rippled water, wooded shoreline, and a low mountain ridge in the distance. — The camera turns to the lake, trees, and distant mountain ridge.

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