Fort Ross California-1938: Motorboat Cruising Along River

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

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Motorboat Cruising Along River — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a classic motorboat cruising along a calm river. The black-and-white footage shows the boat moving steadily through the water, with a shoreline featuring a small building and a water tower visible in the background. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage from the era, evoking a sense of quiet nostalgia and mid-20th century Americana. The boat's registration number is visible on the bow as it glides past the bank.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127263214

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 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet river transportation cutaway or period boating insert in Northern California.
Period detail: The cabin-style motorboat, shoreline structures, and black-and-white 8mm look support a late-1930s recreational or local boating scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from the riverbank as the boat passes, giving the scene the informal, observational feel of a visitor or family home movie.
What appears in frame: A motorboat, calm river water, low shoreline, small buildings, a water tower-like structure, bare trees, and soft sky are visible.
Film character: The clip has visible grain, soft focus, vignetting, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic scanned 8mm physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel transition, memory beat, or establishing detail for river life and vintage leisure movement.
Historical context: The footage visually suggests everyday small-craft movement along a rural or semi-rural California shoreline without documenting a specific public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but visible vessel markings and shoreline property context should still be reviewed for use.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1938 8mm motorboat footage, Fort Ross California riverbank, vintage home movie boat, and 1930s shoreline transportation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Fort Ross or 1938 California footage, then broader vintage boating or river travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Fort Ross-area 8mm frame showing a cabin motorboat moving past a low riverbank with small structures in the background. — A cabin motorboat passes the riverbank, with small shoreline buildings visible behind it.

The motorboat continues along the Fort Ross-area riverbank, with a small tower-like structure and low buildings beyond the water. — The boat moves steadily past a low shoreline and tower-like structure.

A closer 1938 8mm view of the cabin motorboat as it passes shoreline brush and low riverside structures near Fort Ross, California. — The boat fills more of the frame as it glides past the riverbank.

The final frame shows the cabin motorboat alongside the bank, with a visible bow marking and small shoreline structures in the distance. — The motorboat passes through the frame beside a quiet riverbank.

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