Mount Washington New Hampshire-1938: The View Of A Large Grass Plain From A

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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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The View Of A Large Grass Plain From A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping view of a vast grass plain from an elevated vantage point at Mount Washington, New Hampshire. The scene unfolds through a dark, rounded frame, suggesting a window or viewfinder, with a low concrete barrier and a small post visible in the foreground. The landscape stretches into the distance under a muted, overcast sky, with a faint purple-blue tint to the horizon. The grainy, slightly faded quality of the Super 8 footage evokes a sense of quiet nostalgia and historical authenticity, offering a rare glimpse of the region's natural beauty in the late 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127267046

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 home-movie footage useful for documentary or museum sequences needing an elevated Mount Washington area landscape view without people or signage.
Period detail: The rounded dark frame, muted color, low barrier, and distant open terrain may show a visitor-filmed overlook scene consistent with late-1930s amateur 8mm travel footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, looking outward from a sheltered or framed vantage point rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark window-like frame, low foreground barrier, small post, broad open plain, distant ridgeline, pale sky, and soft horizon haze.
Film character: The footage has fine 8mm grain, faded blue-purple color, soft focus, and steady but informal framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, geographic transition, or reflective cutaway within a travel, memory, or regional history sequence.
Historical context: The view suggests recreational observation of the Mount Washington landscape, with the emphasis on terrain and atmosphere rather than identifiable buildings or public activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location-based property considerations should still be checked by the licensing user.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm Mount Washington landscape, New Hampshire overlook home movie, vintage mountain view, and archival open plain footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Mount Washington or New Hampshire views, then broader 1930s travel landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Mount Washington home-movie frame showing an open plain and distant ridgeline seen through a dark window-like border. — Open landscape seen from a framed elevated viewpoint at Mount Washington.

Framed 1938 Mount Washington view with a broad plain, low foreground barrier, small post, and blue-toned distant hills. — A distant ridge and open plain viewed through the dark edge of the camera frame.

1938 Mount Washington landscape frame with open ground, a low barrier, distant hills, and faded 8mm color. — Soft, blue-toned home-movie view across the open landscape.

Final 1938 Mount Washington frame showing a low overlook barrier, broad plain, distant ridge, and muted cloudy sky. — Foreground barrier and distant horizon in a visitor-shot mountain overlook view.

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