Washington USA-1940: Making A Big Jump Speed Skiing A Smooth Slope On A Snowy

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

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Making A Big Jump Speed Skiing A Smooth Slope On A Snowy — Clip Details

Black-and-white vintage 8mm film from 1940 captures a skier making a dramatic jump down a snowy mountain slope in Washington, USA. The grainy, high-contrast footage shows a lone skier in dark winter attire launching off a small ramp, with other skiers visible on the slope and evergreen trees lining the ridge. The camera remains stationary, capturing the action with natural film distortion and edge vignetting typical of home movie footage. The scene evokes a sense of daring recreation and mid-century winter sports culture.

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: 121492659

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 winter-sports home-movie footage for requests needing recreational skiing, slope activity, or a brief vintage action beat.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century ski clothing and simple slope infrastructure, with evergreen ridgelines and black-and-white 8mm texture supporting the 1940 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in its distant view of skiers gathering, descending, and attempting a jump on a snowy recreational slope.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include skiers on snow, a ridge or fence line, evergreen trees, a smooth slope, a jump approach, heavy shadows, and contact-print frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries dense grain, high contrast, soft focus, gate edges, and intermittent blur that identify it as physical 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick insert, winter recreation cutaway, transition into skiing history, or memory beat around outdoor leisure.
Historical context: The footage reflects recreational ski culture in a mountain setting without identifying a resort, event, or named participants from the visible frames.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still apply; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from location or personality rights.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1940s Washington skiing home movie, vintage 8mm ski jump, black-and-white snowy slope, and early winter sports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel ski material, then other Washington 1940 winter footage, then broader vintage skiing and mountain recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Washington 8mm frame showing several distant skiers on a snowy slope beneath evergreens and a dark ridge or fence line. — Distant skiers cluster and move across a snowy mountain slope bordered by evergreens.

A distant skier moves downhill across a smooth snowy Washington slope, with dark trees and brush along the upper edge. — A single skier descends across the open snow while trees and brush line the slope above.

A skier appears low in frame against bright snow while motion blur and heavy shadow obscure much of the slope. — The skier passes through a shadowed area, with strong blur emphasizing the speed of the descent.

Distant skiers occupy a snowy Washington slope below tall evergreens and a dark ridge line in a grainy 8mm frame. — Several skiers are visible on the slope below tall evergreen trees and a dark ridge line.

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