Washington-1938: View Of Ocean Water And Island Silhouette On A Clear Day

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

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View Of Ocean Water And Island Silhouette On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene coastal scene from Washington. The footage opens with a sun-drenched view of trees and figures near a wooden structure, then transitions to a bright, overexposed shoreline. The final frames reveal a grainy, black-and-white ocean horizon with a distant island silhouette under a cloudy sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, natural grain, and subtle scratches, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic 1930s home movie offers a rare glimpse of early 20th-century coastal life and landscape.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127414739

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 (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: Useful for 1930s Pacific Northwest coastal-life requests needing brief home-movie inserts of shoreline, water, and distant landforms.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1930s casual outdoor clothing, a simple wooden structure, and a visitor viewpoint before shifting to open water.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie perspective, with figures briefly seen near trees before the camera lingers on the horizon.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include trees, two distant figures, a wooden structure, bright shoreline, open water, low island silhouette, cloudy sky, and film edge shadows.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white scan has soft focus, heavy grain, exposure shifts, vertical scratches, and handheld framing that preserve its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal cutaway, a memory beat, or a transition from human activity to open landscape.
Historical context: The frames suggest a leisure or travel view of Washington coast scenery without enough visual evidence to identify a specific site or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright and personal rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 8mm Washington coast home movie, vintage ocean horizon, island silhouette, and 1930s Pacific Northwest shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Washington 1938 footage, then broader 1930s coastal water and home-movie travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Washington 1938 home-movie frame with two distant figures near trees and a wooden structure in soft black-and-white film. — Figures stand in shade near trees and a wooden structure before the view shifts toward the shoreline.

Overexposed Washington coastal view on 8mm film, with a faint shoreline and dark vertical frame shadows. — A bright shoreline and pale sky are partially obscured by dark frame-edge shadows.

Grainy 1938 Washington coastal frame showing ocean water, a low island-like silhouette, and cloudy sky. — Open water fills the foreground beneath a low distant land silhouette and clouded sky.

Black-and-white 8mm view of Washington coastal water with distant land on the horizon and visible film scratches. — The clip ends on a soft, grainy ocean horizon with distant land across the water.

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