Baltimore Maryland USA-1943: Shot Of Four Small Waterfalls Flowing Through A Rocky Terrain

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Year1943
Decade1940s
LocationBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1942 Baltimore Maryland

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Shot Of Four Small Waterfalls Flowing Through A Rocky... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures four small waterfalls cascading over jagged, rocky terrain along a river in Baltimore, Maryland. The footage shows turbulent white water flowing through a rugged natural landscape under a cloudy sky, with dark trees lining the cliff edge. The classic Super 8 color palette features muted purples and earthy browns, with visible film grain and slight motion blur characteristic of 1940s home movies. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of natural beauty in an urban region, perfect for historical documentaries, nature montages, or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123131089

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1719 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1942-1943
Reel-level location note: washington dc,baltimore
Date: 1943 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a brief natural-waterway cutaway or regional Baltimore-area landscape insert.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm footage with mid-century home-movie texture, while no visible signs, structures, clothing, or vehicles provide independent dating clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a visitor-like vantage point across the river, recording the moving water and rock face without staging or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white water, jagged brown rock, a river surface, dark tree line, cloudy sky, and the black borders of the contact sheet frames.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight motion blur, and handheld-era exposure shifts consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature cutaway, transition beat, establishing insert, or quiet memory fragment within a 1940s or Baltimore-related sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a rugged river landscape associated by metadata with Baltimore, offering visual context for outdoor leisure or local scenery without showing people or buildings.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any site-specific permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s 8mm waterfall footage, Baltimore rocky river home movie, vintage Maryland water landscape, and jagged rocks with white water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1943 Baltimore or Maryland footage, then with vintage river, waterfall, and rocky-landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 8mm frame from Baltimore metadata showing white water moving around jagged rocks with trees along the ridge. — White water runs through a rocky river channel beneath a dark tree line.

1943 Baltimore-associated 8mm frame showing a small cascade, foamy water, and a rugged rock wall with trees above. — A small cascade breaks through the rocks beside a broad cliff-like ledge.

1943 8mm frame tied to Baltimore metadata, with turbulent river water moving past layered jagged rocks. — The camera frames the current as it moves past the central rock formation.

1943 Baltimore-associated home-movie frame showing foamy water at the base of jagged rocks and a dark tree line. — Foamy water gathers at the base of the rocks as the clip ends.

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