Mount Washington New Hampshire-1938: In A Farm Tower The Wind Blows To Move The Wind Vane

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationMount Washington, New Hampshire, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Mount Washington New Hampshire

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In A Farm Tower The Wind Blows To Move The Wind Vane — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a weathered farm tower at Mount Washington, New Hampshire. The sequence shows a tall wooden structure with a metal framework, its top adorned with a wind vane that rotates in the breeze. A close-up reveals a sign reading 'GEODESIC SUMMIT' on the tower's side. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and natural light, conveying a quiet, nostalgic rural atmosphere. The wind visibly moves the vane, emphasizing the tower's function as a weather instrument.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127266797

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1938 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Mount Washington, New Hampshire, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Mount Washington home-movie footage for productions needing a brief weather, wind, summit, or rural observation cutaway.
Period detail: The wooden tower, metal vane, hand-painted signage, and 8mm color stock may show late-1930s visitor documentation of a mountain weather structure.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels observational and handheld, with attention moving from the tower top to signage and nearby ground texture rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall tower, guy wires, a roof edge, wind-vane hardware, curved wooden siding, small signs, rock, moss, and a pale lichen patch.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight gate shadow, faded color, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, environmental cutaway, location-establishing detail, or memory beat about wind and mountain weather.
Historical context: The footage places weather observation equipment within a mountain landscape without proving ownership, institutional affiliation, or exact tower function beyond visible wind-related hardware.
Research note: Review signage, possible logos, and any people elsewhere in the clip for identification, likeness, trademark, and property concerns separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1938 8mm Mount Washington wind vane, New Hampshire summit tower home movie, and vintage weather instrument footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Mount Washington footage, then 1938 New Hampshire material, then broader wind, weather station, tower, or rural observation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Mount Washington home-movie frame showing a tall wooden tower and support wires against blue sky. — A tall tower rises above a roofline with guy wires visible against the sky.

Mount Washington tower top with wind-vane hardware visible in faded 8mm color. — Wind-vane hardware sits at the top of the tower against a clear sky.

Close view of the weathered tower side with small signs, including a partially legible summit label. — Small signs are mounted on the curved wooden side of the tower.

Close view of Mount Washington ground texture, showing rock, moss, cracks, and pale lichen. — The camera cuts to rocky, mossy ground with a pale lichen patch.

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