Fort Ross California-1938: Man in White Shirt Waves from Motorboat

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationFort Ross, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Fort Ross California

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Man in White Shirt Waves from Motorboat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a small white motorboat gliding across calm waters near Fort Ross, California. A person in a white shirt waves from the boat as it moves past a grassy shoreline dotted with trees and a prominent metal tower. The grainy black-and-white footage, framed by dark borders, evokes a nostalgic mid-20th century Americana feel, with subtle camera movement tracking the boat's journey. The scene reflects a quiet, leisurely day on the water, preserved in classic archival style.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127263068

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 1153 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: bucks lake,lake tahoe,emerald bay,martins lodge
Reel-level year note: 1938
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1938 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: Fort Ross, California, 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: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage for edits needing leisure boating, coastal California travel, or small-craft cutaways near Fort Ross.
Period detail: The small cabin motorboat, black-and-white 8mm stock, shoreline tower, and clothing may show late-1930s recreational boating details.
Home-movie behavior: A passenger in a white shirt faces the camera and waves as the boat passes, giving the scene an informal visitor-shot quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small white motorboat, seated passengers, a waving person, rippled water, grassy shoreline, trees, a metal tower, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has strong 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld tracking, uneven exposure, and rounded frame edges that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief insert, travel transition, shoreline cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1930s California sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational movement on the water near Fort Ross without proving the boat owner, route, or exact shoreline structure.
Research note: People are visible and at least one face may be recognizable; copyright, likeness, and any location or vessel identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1938 Fort Ross boat footage, 1930s California home movie, 8mm small motorboat, and waving passenger on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Fort Ross or 1938 California material, then broader 1930s leisure boating scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Fort Ross home-movie frame showing a small white motorboat offshore, with trees and a tall metal tower along the background shoreline. — A small motorboat moves across the water with a shoreline tower behind it.

The motorboat continues along the Fort Ross shoreline, framed by 8mm borders with the metal tower and wind-bent trees visible behind it. — The boat travels past shoreline trees and a metal tower.

Closer 1938 8mm view of the white cabin motorboat, with passengers visible as it passes near the grassy Fort Ross shoreline. — Passengers are visible as the boat moves closer to the camera.

Close Fort Ross frame showing passengers aboard the white motorboat, including a person in a white shirt facing the camera near the cabin. — A person in a white shirt faces the camera from the passing boat.

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