Washington-1938: Black And White Footage Of A Speedboat Speeding On A Lake

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

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Black And White Footage Of A Speedboat Speeding On A Lake — Clip Details

Washington 1938: Black and white 8mm home movie footage captures a speedboat gliding across a calm lake under an overcast sky. The grainy, high-contrast image shows a distant shoreline and the boat leaving a wake, viewed through the frame of a window or boat cabin. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—scratches, dust, and subtle flicker—evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic vintage clip offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century recreation and transportation.

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: 127414816

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

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: 1930s Washington lake recreation footage suited for documentary inserts, regional history segments, transportation context, or atmospheric cutaways involving small motorboats.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view may show late-1930s leisure boating, with a low shoreline, open water, and a cabin or window frame shaping the view.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, watching a distant speedboat pass across the lake from behind a window or boat-cabin structure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm lake water, a small speedboat, wake lines, distant wooded or low shoreline, overcast sky, and dark vertical and horizontal window framing.
Film character: The footage carries dense 8mm grain, high contrast, soft focus, edge darkening, dust, scratches, and slight exposure variation that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, lake-travel transition, recreation cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a Northwest or 1930s sequence.
Historical context: The scene supports cautious context for prewar American leisure and small-craft travel without identifying the exact lake, boat model, or shoreline location.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and avoid treating location or vessel identity as established.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Washington 8mm lake footage, black-and-white speedboat home movie, 1930s boating recreation, and vintage lake shoreline cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Washington 1938 lake footage, then broader 1930s boating, recreation, and water-travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington home-movie frame showing a small speedboat crossing a lake behind dark window or cabin framing. — A small speedboat moves across open water beyond the dark lines of a window or cabin frame.

Black-and-white 8mm view of a Washington lake shoreline, with the speedboat mostly out of frame or distant. — The lake surface and low shoreline fill the frame as the boat moves near the edge of view.

1938 Washington lake footage with a small speedboat passing low in frame beneath dark cabin or window bars. — The speedboat appears near the lower edge of the lake view, partially softened by motion and film texture.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of a Washington lake and distant shoreline, divided by cabin-like vertical framing. — Dark structural bars divide the view of the cloudy lake and distant shoreline.

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