Mount Washington New Hampshire-1938: View Of White Birds In Still Pond On A

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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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View Of White Birds In Still Pond On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of a still pond in Mount Washington, New Hampshire. White birds, likely swans or geese, glide gracefully across the calm water, their reflections shimmering on the surface. The scene is framed by lush green trees and a stone-lined shore, with a small dock or pier visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, timeless atmosphere of a peaceful summer day in the 1930s.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127266916

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$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: Useful for 1930s New Hampshire nature or leisure sequences needing a quiet pond cutaway from color 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The scene may show a 1938 visitor view near Mount Washington, with a simple dock, stone-edged shore, and undeveloped wooded pond edge as visible period cues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on white water birds moving across a calm pond, preserving an unstaged vacation or nature-observation moment rather than a formal scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white birds, still pond water, shoreline stones, a small dock or pier, dense green trees, water reflections, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, saturated greens, and contact-sheet frame borders that support its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a serene insert, nature transition, rural travel cutaway, or memory beat within a 1930s New England or mountain-region sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for outdoor recreation and quiet waterside scenery in a documented 1938 Mount Washington-area home movie without showing people or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-related concerns should still be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1938 Mount Washington pond birds, New Hampshire 8mm home movie, white birds on pond, and 1930s nature footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Mount Washington or New Hampshire footage, then broader 1930s pond, birds, and quiet nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

White birds move across a still pond in documented 1938 Mount Washington, New Hampshire home-movie footage. — White birds pass near a stone-edged shore and small dock on a calm pond.

A quiet pond scene in the Mount Washington, New Hampshire footage shows white birds near a wooded shore and dock. — White birds remain near the shore as trees reflect in the pond water.

A white bird crosses the foreground of the still pond, with a small dock and wooded New Hampshire shore behind it. — A white bird moves across the foreground water below a dock and tree-lined shore.

Two white birds are visible on the pond near a stone-lined shore and small dock in the 1938 Mount Washington footage. — Two white birds glide near the stone shore and dock on the still pond.

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