Mount Washington New Hampshire-1938: Sunlit Well Constructed Dock In A Calm

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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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Sunlit Well Constructed Dock In A Calm — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene dock at Mount Washington, New Hampshire. The footage opens on a wooden pier with a sign reading 'CAPT'S FOLLY,' leading to a calm, sunlit bay surrounded by forested hills. The camera pans across the tranquil water, revealing lush green slopes and a quiet shoreline. The warm, slightly faded colors and soft film grain evoke a nostalgic 1930s summer holiday atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic, unscripted footage of a peaceful lakeside retreat, ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific projects.

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: 127266872

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: 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 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet lakeside dock, mountain waterway, or summer travel cutaway tied to Mount Washington, New Hampshire.
Period detail: The painted dock sign, simple railings, and color 8mm handling may show late-1930s resort or boating infrastructure, though no dated signage is visible in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, moving from a dock sign to calm water and wooded slopes without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden dock, a sign reading CAPT'S FOLLY, calm blue water, forested hillsides, rocky mountain slopes, shoreline trees, and a white dock post.
Film character: Soft focus, warm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing give the short scene a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a tranquil establishing insert, a travel transition, a lakeside memory beat, or a cutaway between broader New Hampshire vacation scenes.
Historical context: The footage visually suggests recreational waterfront access in a mountain setting, with no visible crowds, boats, or commercial activity in these sampled frames.
Research note: No people are visible, but the dock sign should be reviewed as identifiable text; copyright, trademark, location, and property questions require separate clearance assessment.
Research search match: Searches such as 1930s 8mm New Hampshire lake dock, Mount Washington home movie, wooded mountain shoreline, calm bay vacation footage, and Capt's Folly dock may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1938 Mount Washington or New Hampshire lakeside material, then with broader mountain vacation and dock scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 8mm frame from Mount Washington, New Hampshire, showing a sunlit dock with railings and a CAPT'S FOLLY sign near still water. — A sunlit dock sign and wooden railing appear at the edge of calm water.

Mount Washington-area home-movie frame showing calm blue water, wooded shoreline, and steep rocky slopes beyond a dock railing. — The camera looks past the dock toward still water and wooded mountain slopes.

1938 home-movie view of a calm mountain waterway with shoreline trees, rocky slopes, and dock railings in the foreground. — Forested slopes and a rocky mountainside border the calm water beyond the dock.

Mount Washington, New Hampshire 8mm frame with a dock post and railing in front of still water, forested shore, and steep rocky hillside. — A dock post and railing sit in the foreground as the camera pans across the wooded shoreline.

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