Washington-1964: A Wide And Fast Flowing River With Strong Contrasting Currents

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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A Wide And Fast Flowing River With Strong Contrasting... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a wide, fast-flowing river with turbulent rapids and strong currents. The dark blue water churns with white foam and swirling eddies, viewed through a classic film frame with black borders. A small patch of green foliage appears in the lower right corner, adding a touch of nature to the dynamic scene. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight color fading, characteristic of archival Super 8 footage. This authentic 1960s home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse of natural power and movement, ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or historical storytelling.

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: 127383714

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Washington, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Washington 8mm footage for productions needing a brief natural-river insert, turbulent water cutaway, or archival landscape texture.
Period detail: The frames show no dated objects or built environment, so the 1964 context comes from clip metadata rather than visible period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from an elevated outdoor viewpoint, giving the scene the direct, unstaged feel of a traveler or family filmer recording moving water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark blue river water, white foam lines, swirling eddies, a pale shoreline edge, black film borders, and a small patch of green foliage.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat suggesting natural force, travel, or regional landscape without people on screen.
Historical context: As a natural-water scene from Washington metadata, it offers environmental context rather than a specific civic, industrial, or social event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any broader use permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 Washington river footage, 8mm rapids home movie, turbulent water currents, and vintage Pacific Northwest nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Washington travel material, then other 1964 regional landscape clips, then broader archival water, rapids, and river-current footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington 8mm frame showing fast-moving dark river water, white foam streaks, and a small edge of foliage near the lower right. — Fast river currents churn across the frame with white foam patterns.

1964 Washington 8mm view of a wide, dark river surface with bright foam bands and visible turbulence across the water. — Foam lines trace the direction of the strong river current.

1964 Washington home-movie frame showing river rapids, swirling white foam, and dark water within visible 8mm borders. — Turbulent water forms eddies and foam near the river edge.

1964 Washington 8mm frame with dark river current, white foam streaks, and a pale shoreline or water edge at the right side. — A pale river edge contrasts with the dark current and foam.

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