Washington-1938: Person Sailing Speeding Boat On The Lake

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Washington

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Person Sailing Speeding Boat On The Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a small boat speeding across a calm lake in Washington. The grainy black-and-white footage shows a lone figure at the helm, navigating the water with a distant hillside forming a quiet backdrop. The film’s characteristic scratches and flicker add to its authentic archival quality, evoking a sense of mid-20th century leisure and outdoor recreation. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a bygone era of simple pleasures and family adventures on the water.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127414457

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: 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: 1930s Washington home-movie lake footage suited for documentary inserts on recreation, travel, boating, and quiet outdoor leisure.
Period detail: The small motorboat, open water, distant hills, and monochrome 8mm look may show late-1930s leisure boating in Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the boat from shore or another fixed vantage point, giving the clip an unstaged family-travel record of a brief lake outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small boat, open lake water, low hills or cliffs, distant shoreline, cloudy sky, and dark film gate borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, scratches, flicker, and slight exposure variation consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for travel, lakeside recreation, or prewar family leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene places boating recreation within a rural or open lakeside setting, with landscape and water carrying more context than identifiable people.
Research note: No faces, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property or vessel rights should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1938 Washington lake boating, 1930s 8mm home movie, vintage motorboat on lake, and family travel water recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel lake scenes, then other 1938 Washington footage, then broader 1930s boating and outdoor recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a small boat crossing a lake below distant hills, with heavy gate shadows and film wear. — A small boat moves across open water beneath a distant hillside.

1938 Washington lake view with a small boat near the right edge, low hills beyond the water, and visible 8mm scratches. — A boat passes near the far side of the frame with hills behind it.

1938 Washington 8mm frame with a small boat on rippled lake water and a broad rocky hillside in the background. — The boat crosses the lake below a broad hillside or cliff.

1938 Washington lake scene showing low mountains, shoreline trees, and a small boat near the right edge of the frame. — A small boat appears near the shoreline with mountains in the distance.

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