Washington-1938: Man Riding A Speedboat In Water Near The Mountains

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

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Man Riding A Speedboat In Water Near The Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a man riding a speedboat across a calm lake, with rugged mountains rising in the background. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the boat cutting through the water, leaving a wake behind. The scene is framed by the dark edges of a film projector, emphasizing its archival nature. The landscape features steep, rocky cliffs and a wide expanse of water, suggesting a remote, natural setting. The footage evokes a sense of adventure and nostalgia from the late 1930s.

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: 127414492

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

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 Pacific Northwest recreation, lake travel, and outdoor leisure sequences needing brief archival boat footage.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1930s home-movie boating on a mountain lake, with no visible signage, landmarks, or period clothing to further identify the setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a traveler filming from shore or another boat as a small craft crosses the water at a distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat, lake surface, rocky mountain slopes, cliff bands, shoreline, wake, cloudy sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: Black-and-white 8mm grain, gate shadows, vertical scratches, soft focus, and uneven exposure give the short scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel insert, recreation beat, or transitional lake-and-mountain atmosphere shot.
Historical context: The scene reflects outdoor leisure and motorboating in a rugged Washington landscape without supporting evidence for a specific lake or landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are discernible, but copyright status and any location-specific permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searches such as 1938 Washington 8mm lake boat, vintage speedboat mountains, or black-and-white home movie boating would match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Washington 1938 water scenes, then broader 1930s outdoor recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington home-movie frame showing a lake below rocky mountain cliffs, with dark gate edges and no discernible people. — A mountain lake and cliff-lined shoreline appear in a black-and-white 8mm frame.

A distant small motorboat crosses a Washington mountain lake in 1938 home-movie footage, with rocky slopes behind it. — A small boat moves across the lake below layered rock formations.

The frame shows a steep rocky slope meeting a lake, with soft focus, grain, and no identifiable people or structures. — A steep mountainside fills the frame above a narrow strip of lake water.

A small motorboat leaves a bright wake on a lake below a rugged Washington mountainside in the 1938 home-movie clip. — The boat recedes across the water, leaving a wake against the mountain backdrop.

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