Washington USA-1940: Two People Skiing in Snowy Forest

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

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Two People Skiing in Snowy Forest — Clip Details

Black and white 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940 shows people skiing down a snowy forest slope. The grainy, vintage film captures skiers in period winter attire navigating a snow-covered path surrounded by tall evergreen trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with visible film grain, soft focus, and natural motion blur as skiers descend the hill. The scene conveys a sense of early 20th-century winter recreation and outdoor adventure in a mountainous setting.

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: 121492487

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for archival requests needing 1940s Washington winter recreation footage for documentary, museum, education, or period outdoor-sports sequences.
Period detail: The skiers' dark winter clothing, simple wooded slope, and black-and-white 8mm look may show mid-20th-century recreational skiing rather than a formal resort scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie view of skiers moving through snow, with distant figures and handheld framing suggesting a family or amateur observer on the slope.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include skiers, snow-covered ground, tall evergreen trees, a wooded slope, distant onlookers or riders, fence-like rails, and heavy film shadows.
Film character: The footage carries a physical 8mm texture with visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate shadows, and motion blur as the skiers pass through the frame.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, winter-recreation cutaway, transition into mountain leisure, or memory beat within a 1940s outdoor-life sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational skiing in a snowy Washington forest setting, showing ordinary people using a wooded winter landscape for leisure.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, audible music, or clearly private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s Washington skiing home movie, black-and-white 8mm winter recreation, vintage snowy forest slope, and archival ski footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Washington 1940 winter footage, then with broader vintage skiing and snowy forest recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black-and-white 1940 Washington home-movie frame of a skier moving downhill on snow within a dense evergreen forest. — A skier moves across a snow-covered slope bordered by tall trees.

Black-and-white 1940 Washington frame showing small distant figures on a snow-covered forest slope with tall evergreens behind them. — Small figures gather or move across a snowy forest clearing.

Black-and-white 1940 Washington home-movie frame with several distant people near the edge of a snowy evergreen forest. — A small group stands near the trees on a winter slope.

Black-and-white 1940 Washington frame showing a snowy slope or overlook with distant people, evergreen trees, and rail-like fencing. — Distant figures appear along a snowy slope with trees and rail-like fencing.

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