Fort Ross California-1938: Person Holding Caught Fish on Motorboat in River

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

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Person Holding Caught Fish on Motorboat in River — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a small motorboat gliding along a calm river in Fort Ross, California. A person stands at the stern, proudly holding a freshly caught fish, while another figure is visible inside the cabin. The boat, marked with the number 28F738, moves slowly through the water, framed by a natural shoreline with trees and tall grass. The black-and-white footage exhibits classic film grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American leisure moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127263285

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 brief river boating or recreational fishing insert from coastal Northern California.
Period detail: The small cabin motorboat, monochrome 8mm image, and visible registration number may show late-1930s leisure boating details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an informal home-movie moment as people aboard the boat appear to display a caught fish while moving past the shoreline.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small cabin boat, bow registration number, person at the stern, held fish, calm river water, reeds, trees, and soft film edges.
Film character: The footage has black-and-white 8mm grain, soft focus, gate shading, and slight handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional river-life insert within a sequence on travel, leisure, or fishing.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday outdoor recreation rather than a staged event, with people and boat activity recorded from a nearby home-movie viewpoint.
Research note: People are visible and the boat number is readable, so likeness, registration, and possible copyright questions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm fishing boat footage, Fort Ross river home movie, vintage cabin motorboat, and black-and-white leisure boating.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel boating or fishing shots, then Fort Ross 1938 material, then broader 1930s home-movie recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Fort Ross home-movie frame showing a small cabin motorboat on calm water with a person at the stern holding a fish. — A cabin motorboat passes the shoreline as a person near the stern holds up a fish.

Fort Ross, California 1938 frame of a small motorboat beside reeds, with a visible person displaying a fish at the stern. — The boat moves slowly along the riverbank while a person at the stern displays a fish.

Black-and-white 8mm frame from Fort Ross in 1938 showing the cabin section of a small boat near a reed-lined bank. — A closer view emphasizes the boat cabin, shoreline reeds, and soft 8mm framing.

1938 Fort Ross frame showing the numbered bow of a small cabin motorboat with a person standing near the stern by the riverbank. — The numbered bow of the motorboat fills the frame as a person remains near the stern.

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