Washington-1938: Small Speed Boat Driving With Another Boat Not Far Away With

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

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Small Speed Boat Driving With Another Boat Not Far Away With — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a small speedboat gliding across a wide body of water, likely a lake or coastal inlet. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows another boat in the distance under an overcast sky. The grainy black-and-white image, with visible film scratches and edge distortion, evokes a nostalgic, archival feel. The camera remains steady, focusing on the moving boat and the distant shoreline, offering a quiet, contemplative moment from a bygone era.

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: 127414770

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 (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 Washington-area water recreation, boating cutaways, and documentary sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie waterfront atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s recreational boating, with small craft on open water and a wooded shoreline seen through a dark window or railing frame.
Home-movie behavior: The home-movie value is the quiet observer's view, watching boats pass across choppy water from a sheltered or framed vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small boat, open water, wake, distant shoreline, trees, overcast sky, and dark vertical frame bars in the foreground.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan carries heavy grain, soft focus, exposure variation, scratches, and gate-edge framing that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for waterfront leisure, travel, or period boating sequences.
Historical context: The footage places small recreational boats within a broad water landscape, suggesting everyday leisure rather than a staged public event.
Research note: No people, brands, or identifiable private property are visible, but copyright status and location identification should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1938 8mm Washington boating, vintage home movie speedboat on water, and 1930s small boat lake footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1938 Washington waterfront material, then with vintage boating and recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a small boat crossing open water near a distant wooded shoreline. — A small boat moves across open water, seen through dark foreground framing.

Black-and-white 8mm view of open water, wake patterns, and a wooded shore in Washington, 1938. — The boat's wake spreads across the water under an overcast sky.

A small boat appears near a low shoreline in this soft 1938 Washington 8mm boating view. — A small craft passes near the distant shore as water ripples fill the foreground.

Late-1930s 8mm frame of a small boat on open water with trees and cloudy sky in the background. — A distant boat sits against a wooded shoreline in a grainy black-and-white frame.

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