Washington USA-1940: Skier Launches off Wooden Ramp for Massive Air Jump

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

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Skier Launches off Wooden Ramp for Massive Air Jump — Clip Details

Vintage 1940s home movie footage from Washington USA captures a dramatic ski jump at a snowy mountain resort. A wooden observation tower with an American flag stands atop a snow-covered slope under a deep blue sky. Skiers descend the hill, with one launching off a wooden ramp, achieving impressive airtime. The grainy 8mm film shows classic mid-century winter recreation, with skiers in dark period attire against bright white snow. The footage features natural film artifacts, including scratches and slight color fading, preserving the authentic look of a 1940s winter sports documentary.

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: 121492343

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: Supports 1940s documentary or education requests for Washington winter recreation, ski jumping, and mid-century mountain resort leisure from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The wooden ski jump structure, dark skier clothing, American flag, and 8mm color home-movie texture fit the supplied 1940 setting without identifying a specific resort.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged spectator viewpoint, following skiers on the slope and a jumper launching from the ramp rather than presenting a formal sports broadcast angle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include snow-covered ski slopes, dark-clad skiers, a wooden jump or tower, an American flag, rocky ridgeline, blue sky, ski tracks, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan shows saturated blue sky, high-contrast snow, soft focus, gate weave, grain, scratches, and slight color fading typical of physical 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short action insert, winter-sports cutaway, recreation transition, or memory beat around skiing, mountain vacations, and prewar-era leisure.
Historical context: The footage visually situates organized ski recreation in a snowy Washington mountain setting, with spectatorship implied by the camera position and skiers moving through frame.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no brands are readable, and copyright, location, and property status should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s Washington ski jump 8mm, vintage home movie skiing, snowy mountain resort footage, wooden ski ramp, and mid-century winter sports.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Washington 1940 ski footage, then broader vintage mountain recreation or winter sports home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington home-movie frame showing a snowy ski slope, wooden jump tower, American flag, rocky ridge, and a skier moving near the ramp. — A skier approaches the wooden ski-jump area below an American flag on a snowy mountain slope.

1940 Washington ski scene with several distant skiers descending a bright snow slope beneath a rocky ridgeline and deep blue sky. — Several skiers move down the open slope, seen from a handheld home-movie vantage point.

Distant skier in dark clothing crossing a bright snowfield in the 1940 Washington ski-jump home-movie scene. — A skier crosses the lower slope as the camera holds on the snowfield and tracks.

1940 Washington home-movie frame of skiers on a snow-covered slope near the wooden ramp area below a rocky ridge. — Skiers continue downhill near the wooden ramp, with the mountain ridge visible above the slope.

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