Washington-1938: Motorboat Speeding Across Lake With Trees And Wake

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

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Motorboat Speeding Across Lake With Trees And Wake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a motorboat speeding across a lake in Washington. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the boat leaving a wake as it moves past a tree-lined shore. The camera appears to be handheld from another vessel, creating a slightly shaky, immersive perspective. The scene evokes a sense of mid-20th century leisure and transportation, with the natural landscape and water movement providing a nostalgic backdrop. The film's age is evident in the scratches, dust, and soft focus typical of Super 8 home movies from the 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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127414804

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1930s Washington lake recreation, small-boat travel, or atmospheric documentary cutaways from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frame may show 1930s leisure boating through its small motorboat viewpoint, open water, wooded shoreline, and soft black-and-white 8mm rendering.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears handheld from a moving boat, giving the scene the unstaged feel of a passenger recording speed, water, and shoreline movement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake water, boat wake, tree-lined shore, low hills, cloudy sky, dark film-frame edges, and slight motion blur.
Film character: The 8mm scan has pronounced grain, scratches, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld shake that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief transition, travel insert, memory beat, or water-and-wake cutaway in a period sequence.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for recreational boating and waterfront scenery in a Washington home-movie setting without identifying a specific lake or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable property identifiers are visible, but copyright status and any location-based property concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1938 Washington lake footage, 8mm motorboat wake, 1930s home movie boating, and tree-lined shore travel shot.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1938 Washington lake material, then broader 1930s boating, water travel, and rural shoreline footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing lake water, a tree-lined shore, and heavy dark frame edges from a moving viewpoint. — A moving boat view passes a blurred tree-lined shoreline across the lake.

1938 Washington lake scene with rippled water, wooded shoreline, cloudy sky, and visible 8mm film scratches. — The camera faces a wooded shore across choppy lake water.

Handheld 1938 Washington 8mm frame with lake water, blurred trees, cloudy sky, and vertical film wear. — Motion blur softens the trees as the boat continues across the lake.

1938 Washington 8mm frame looking across open lake water toward a distant shore and low hills under a cloudy sky. — The view opens toward distant hills and shoreline across the lake surface.

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