Washington-1938: Motorboat Crossing Lake with Distant Field

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Washington

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Motorboat Crossing Lake with Distant Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene in Washington. A small boat glides across the water, leaving a gentle wake as it moves from right to left. The background features a wide, grassy field stretching toward a distant hill under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and a soft focus, with a dark vignette framing the image. This archival clip evokes a quiet, nostalgic moment from the late 1930s, ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127414672

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1938 Washington 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet lakeside boating cutaway or rural recreation insert.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1930s small-boat recreation on open water, with a grassy shoreline and low hills rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from shore as small boats pass at a distance, preserving an unstaged home-movie view of leisure on the lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled lake water, small boats, distant occupants, a grassy field, low rolling hills, overcast sky, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The scan has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, vertical scratches, uneven exposure, and heavy edge vignetting that give the shot clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short transition, memory beat, or rural-water cutaway within a 1930s Washington sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents informal outdoor recreation on a lake, with the landscape and boat activity visible but no specific site or event identified.
Research note: Distant people may be present in the boats, so likeness review may still be needed separate from copyright or location considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Washington lake boating, 1930s 8mm home movie water recreation, and vintage small boat on rural lake.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Washington home movies, then other 1938 Washington outdoor scenes, then broader 1930s boating and lakeside recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a small boat moving across a lake below grassy hills and an overcast sky. — A distant small boat crosses the lake in front of a grassy field and low hillside.

1938 Washington lakeside frame with a distant boat and wake against a grassy field and rolling hill. — The boat continues across the water, leaving a pale wake below the distant hill.

1938 Washington home-movie frame showing small distant boats on lake water below a grassy hillside. — Small boats appear near the foreground waterline beneath the broad grassy hillside.

1938 Washington 8mm frame with small boats crossing lake water in front of open fields and low hills. — Two small boats pass across the lake with open fields and low hills in the background.

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