New Jersey-1938: Man Paddling Boat on Lake

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationNew Jersey, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 New Jersey

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Man Paddling Boat on Lake — Clip Details

A grainy 8mm home movie from 1938 captures a serene lakeside scene in New Jersey. The footage shows a man in black shorts paddling a small boat on calm water, with a distant shoreline visible. Later frames reveal people relaxing by the water's edge, including a man sitting on a dock and another lying on a board. The black-and-white film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, vintage atmosphere of a summer day.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127267309

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: New Jersey, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s New Jersey home-movie requests needing lakeside recreation, swimming, paddling, or quiet summer leisure cutaways.
Period detail: The swimwear, wooden dock or float, small boats, and black-and-white 8mm texture may show late-1930s recreational lake life.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged vacation value, with people sitting, paddling, and resting by the water rather than posing formally for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake water, distant shoreline, small boats, a dock or float, a man in dark shorts, a person seated near the water, and a towel-covered figure.
Film character: The scan shows dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, frame-edge shadowing, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for summer recreation, family lake trips, or prewar leisure atmosphere.
Historical context: The clip reflects informal outdoor recreation at a lake, with bathing suits and simple watercraft suggesting everyday leisure rather than an organized event.
Research note: People are visible and some faces or bodies may be identifiable, so likeness review may be needed separate from copyright or location assessment.
Research search match: Search matches include 1938 New Jersey 8mm lake footage, 1930s home movie swimming, man paddling on lake, and vintage lakeside recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel lake scenes, then other New Jersey 1938 footage, then broader 1930s summer swimming or boating material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 New Jersey 8mm frame showing small boats, a dock or floating platform, lake water, and a distant tree-lined shore. — Small boats and a dock or float sit on calm lake water near a distant shoreline.

1938 New Jersey lake scene with a seated man in dark shorts in the foreground and a person stretched on a long board behind him. — A seated lakeside figure appears in front of a person lying on a long board in the water.

1938 New Jersey 8mm frame with a seated man near the foreground and another person lying on a board beside a lake dock or float. — A seated man watches or rests near a person lying on a board at the lake edge.

1938 New Jersey lake footage showing a person lying on a board and another towel-covered figure bending near the water. — A person rests on a board in the water as another figure bends nearby with a towel over the head.

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