Mount Washington New Hampshire-1938: Scenic Lake and Forested Hills with Clear Sky

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationMount Washington, New Hampshire, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Mount Washington New Hampshire

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Scenic Lake and Forested Hills with Clear Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene landscape at Mount Washington, New Hampshire. The clip reveals a tranquil lake nestled among lush green hills and dense evergreen forests, framed by a dark border suggesting a window or screen view. The vibrant blue water contrasts with the rich foliage under a clear sky, showcasing the natural beauty of the region. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel perfect for historical documentaries, nature projects, or vintage Americana 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127266860

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 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 8mm New Hampshire mountain-lake scenery for documentary inserts, regional history sequences, nature cutaways, or archival travel context.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1938 visitor view of a wooded lake below steep hills, with no visible people, vehicles, signage, buildings, or identifiable modern features.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged tourist or family-travel viewpoint, holding on the lake and surrounding hills as a scenic memory rather than a formal landscape survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, forested slopes, evergreen trees, rocky mountain walls, clear sky, dark film borders, and a faint overhead line in some frames.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, soft focus, gate edges, exposure variation, and visible grain that situate the scene as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a quiet establishing insert, scenic transition, regional travel cutaway, or reflective memory beat between more specific New Hampshire material.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for prewar American leisure travel and mountain sightseeing, while the frames themselves only document landscape and camera position.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be verified separately.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1938 8mm Mount Washington lake footage, New Hampshire mountain scenery home movie, forested hills archive, and vintage lake travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1938 Mount Washington or New Hampshire material, then with broader 1930s mountain-lake travel scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Mount Washington-area 8mm frame showing a wooded mountain slope under blue sky, partly obscured by dark gate borders. — A wooded mountain slope appears through the dark border of the 8mm frame.

1938 Mount Washington-area landscape with a blue lake, wooded hills, rocky slopes, clear sky, and dark 8mm frame edges. — Lake water sits below forested hills and rocky mountain walls.

1938 Mount Washington-area 8mm view of a lake bordered by dense trees, steep hills, and dark film gate edges. — The home-movie camera holds on a wooded lakeshore beneath steep hills.

1938 Mount Washington-area landscape frame with blue lake water, green wooded hills, rocky mountain walls, and visible 8mm gate borders. — Forested hills and blue lake water fill the final extracted frame.

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