Washington USA-1963: View Of Green Mountains And Blue Lake Water On A Clear Day

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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View Of Green Mountains And Blue Lake Water On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a serene view from a moving vehicle, looking out onto a wide blue lake bordered by rolling green mountains. The footage shows a paved road running parallel to the water, with the camera steadily panning to reveal the expansive natural landscape. The image has a distinct blue color cast and visible film grain, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The scene evokes a sense of peaceful travel and mid-century Americana, perfect for nostalgic or historical content.

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: 124936001

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 1708 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: 6.5 to dc with my father
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: hawaii,arizona,washington dc
Date: 1963 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: Washington, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Washington home-movie travel footage for productions needing a brief natural landscape view from a moving vehicle.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century roadside travel, with a paved edge or vehicle-side surface beside lake water and undeveloped green hills.
Home-movie behavior: The camera records an unstaged traveler’s view across the water, holding on the passing shoreline rather than composing a formal scenic shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, rolling green hills, rocky shoreline, a paved roadside or vehicle edge, clear daylight, and soft film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, a cool blue color cast, soft focus, slight motion blur, and handheld travel movement typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short travel insert, landscape transition, road-trip cutaway, or quiet memory beat between Washington exterior scenes.
Historical context: The view suggests recreational or roadway travel through a Washington lakeside landscape without visible people, buildings, signage, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, brands, or private interiors are visible, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should still be verified before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm Washington lake footage, home movie mountain landscape, roadside lake view, and blue water travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1963 Washington travel views, then broader 1960s lake, mountain, and road-trip footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Washington 8mm frame showing blue lake water, a sloping green shoreline, and a paved edge in the foreground. — Lake and hillside pass by from a moving roadside viewpoint.

1963 Washington home-movie frame with blue water, wooded or grassy hills, shoreline rock, and a dark film-frame divider. — A cool-toned lake view runs parallel to the road or vehicle path.

1963 Washington 8mm frame showing lake water, a low shoreline, green hills, and a diagonal paved or vehicle-side edge. — The shoreline and hills remain in view as the camera moves along the lake.

1963 Washington home-movie frame showing rippled blue water, hillside shoreline, and the foreground edge of a moving viewpoint. — The clip closes on a lakeside hillside seen from a traveling vantage point.

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