Washington-1938: Speeding Motorboat On Lake With Mountain View

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

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Speeding Motorboat On Lake With Mountain View — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage footage captures a motorboat speeding across a lake, leaving a white wake behind. The scene unfolds under a clear, sunny sky with a rugged mountain rising in the background. The grainy black-and-white image, framed by film borders, shows the boat moving from left to right, with a brief view of a lakeside settlement with small houses. The footage exudes a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a glimpse into mid-20th century outdoor recreation in Washington.

Licensing & Technical Details

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: 127414500

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Washington outdoor recreation requests needing brief home-movie views of a fast motorboat on a mountain lake.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look, small motorboat, open shoreline, and lakeside houses may show late-1930s leisure travel in Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot feel, following a boat across the water rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a speeding motorboat, white wake, rippled lake surface, steep mountain slopes, cloudy sky, and a small lakeside settlement.
Film character: Grain, vertical scratches, soft focus, exposure shifts, and contact-sheet borders give the clip a clear physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a recreation insert, travel transition, lake cutaway, or brief memory beat in a 1930s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places motorized lake recreation within a mountainous Washington setting, with shoreline buildings suggesting a settled lakeside area.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are evident, but copyright, location, and any property implications should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searches such as 1938 Washington lake motorboat, 8mm home movie watercraft, vintage boat wake, and mountain lake recreation should match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel lake or travel scenes, then with 1938 Washington footage, then with vintage boating or mountain recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington home-movie frame showing a small motorboat on a lake with a rugged mountain rising behind it. — A motorboat moves across open water beneath a mountain shoreline.

Small motorboat speeds across a Washington lake, leaving a white wake against a steep mountain background. — The boat continues across the lake, its wake bright against the darker water.

Archival 8mm frame of a motorboat throwing spray as it passes below a steep Washington lakeside slope. — The boat throws spray while passing along the base of the hillside.

Washington lake view with small shoreline houses, trees, low mountains, and cloudy sky in a 1938 home-movie frame. — The view shifts to shoreline houses across the lake with mountains beyond.

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