Washington USA-1940: Skiers Descending Snowy Mountain Slope With Evergreen Trees

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Skiers Descending Snowy Mountain Slope With Evergreen Trees — Clip Details

Black-and-white vintage 8mm film from Washington USA in 1940 captures a winter sports scene on a snowy mountain slope. A line of skiers descends a hillside bordered by evergreen trees, with a wooden structure visible near the base. The footage shows individuals in period winter attire engaging in recreational skiing, with some standing in groups and others actively moving down the slope. The grainy, high-contrast image and dark film borders are characteristic of home movie footage from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century winter recreation.

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: 121492589

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 requests needing 1940s Washington winter recreation footage, especially documentary or educational sequences about skiing, mountain leisure, and home-movie views of snowy outdoor activity.
Period detail: The small figures in dark winter clothing, simple ski slope setting, and black-and-white 8mm texture may show mid-20th-century recreational skiing rather than organized competition.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in watching skiers gather, descend, and move at different speeds across the hill from a distant home-movie vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include snowy hillside, scattered skiers, evergreen trees, a low wooden fence or structure, cloudy sky, dark film borders, and high-contrast snowfields.
Film character: The footage carries grainy black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, gate edges, exposure shifts, and contact-print framing that support its archival home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a winter recreation insert, mountain leisure cutaway, transitional memory beat, or brief establishing detail for historic skiing sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents outdoor winter leisure in Washington through a home-movie lens, with skiers using a tree-lined slope and gathering near a simple slope-side structure.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness and context should be reviewed separately from copyright status; no readable logos or brands are apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Searches such as 1940s Washington skiing, vintage 8mm ski slope, black-and-white winter sports home movie, and evergreen mountain recreation match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Washington 1940 winter footage, then broader vintage skiing, snowy mountain, and recreational sports home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington home-movie frame showing skiers descending a snowy hillside near evergreen trees and a low wooden structure. — Skiers move across a snowy tree-lined slope in distant view.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from Washington in 1940 with a skier on an open snowy slope and trees along the ridge. — A skier crosses the open snow beneath a stand of evergreens.

1940 Washington ski scene with several distant figures on a snowy slope, evergreen trees, and a low fence-like structure. — Several skiers gather and descend around the tree-lined hillside.

Archival black-and-white frame of skiers on a Washington snow slope in 1940, with trees and dark 8mm borders visible. — Skiers are scattered across the snowy slope below evergreen trees.

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