Washington-1964: Calm Lake Surrounded By Forested Mountains

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Calm Lake Surrounded By Forested Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene lake nestled between forested mountains under a cloudy sky. The view, framed by dark edges suggesting a window or car interior, shows gentle ripples on the water's surface and a gravel shoreline. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, peaceful moment from a mid-century American journey. The scene is quiet and contemplative, with no people or movement, focusing on the natural landscape and the passage of time.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127382763

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: 1964 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: Washington, 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: 1960s Washington home-movie lake scenery for documentary inserts, travel memory sequences, environmental cutaways, or quiet regional establishing shots.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century visitor view, with the era supported mainly by the 1964 8mm source and the absence of modern structures or signage in frame.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a sheltered or partially obstructed position, giving the lake view the casual feel of a traveler pausing to record scenery.
What appears in frame: Forested mountains, cloud cover, rippled lake water, a gravel shoreline, dark vertical frame edges, a small wooded landform, and a tree at the right edge are visible.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and dark gate or obstruction edges that add physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a calm establishing insert, reflective transition, travel cutaway, or memory beat between more active 1960s home-movie scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents recreational looking at mountain-and-lake scenery in Washington, without visible people, vehicles, buildings, or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people, brands, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any land-management permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s Washington lake 8mm footage, vintage mountain lake home movie, cloudy forested shoreline, and calm water travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Washington travel footage, then broader vintage mountain lake and Pacific Northwest nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington 8mm view of a calm lake between forested mountains, seen through dark vertical edges with a cloudy sky above. — Forested mountains and low clouds across a rippled lake, with a gravel shore in the foreground.

A 1964 Washington home-movie frame shows rippled lake water, forested slopes, low clouds, and dark framing from a nearby obstruction. — Lake water stretches toward forested mountains under a cloudy sky, partly bordered by dark frame edges.

1964 Washington lake scenery with a forested mountain, low clouds, rippled water, a gravel shore, and a tree edge entering the frame. — A closer mountain view across the lake, with cloud patches and shoreline visible in the foreground.

Final 1964 Washington 8mm frame of a mountain lake, with low clouds on the forested slope and shoreline vegetation at the right edge. — Clouds cling to a forested mountain beyond the lake, with gravel shore and a tree at the right edge.

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