Mount Washington New Hampshire-1939: Large Body Of Water Scenery With Windy

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationMount Washington, New Hampshire, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Mount Washington New Hampshire

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Large Body Of Water Scenery With Windy — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a wide, serene lake under a partly cloudy sky. The expansive water surface shows gentle ripples, suggesting a light breeze, with a distant tree-lined shore and hazy hills on the horizon. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color fading, with dark frame borders framing the natural scenery. A small dark object briefly appears in the water, adding subtle movement to the tranquil landscape. This archival clip evokes a sense of quiet Americana and historical nostalgia.

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: 127269597

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: 1939 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 lake scenery suited for documentary inserts, regional travel context, or quiet environmental cutaways.
Period detail: The frames may show prewar amateur color footage, with only the film format, dated metadata, and simple lakeside view providing period context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot pause on open water and distant shoreline rather than staged action or identifiable public activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled lake water, a distant tree-lined shore, low hazy hills, partly cloudy sky, dark frame borders, and occasional foreground leaves.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and 8mm frame edges give the shot a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm scenic insert, regional transition, travel-memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway between Mount Washington area scenes.
Historical context: The view suggests leisure travel or landscape observation in New Hampshire, without visible people, buildings, boats, or identifiable landmarks in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and location identification should be checked separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 8mm New Hampshire lake footage, Mount Washington area water scenery, vintage home movie shoreline, and windy lake cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Mount Washington footage, then same 1939 New Hampshire material, then broader vintage lake and mountain-region scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Mount Washington area home-movie frame showing a broad lake, distant wooded shore, low hills, clouds, and dark 8mm borders. — Wide lake view with distant shore and low hills under scattered clouds.

1939 New Hampshire lake view with open water, a distant wooded point, hazy hills, scattered clouds, and visible 8mm frame edges. — Open water and a wooded point seen across the lake.

Home-movie frame from the Mount Washington, New Hampshire metadata showing lake water, a long tree-lined shore, low hills, clouds, and foreground leaves. — Long tree-lined shoreline across rippled lake water.

1939 8mm lake scenery near Mount Washington, showing rippled water, a wooded shoreline, hazy hills, partly cloudy sky, and dark rounded frame edges. — Distant wooded shore and hills across a breezy lake surface.

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