Washington-1938: Water Skiing In Black And White

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

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Water Skiing In Black And White — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage black and white home movie captures a serene water scene from Washington. The grainy, high-contrast footage shows a calm body of water under an overcast sky, with subtle ripples and reflections. The image is framed by the dark borders of a film projector, emphasizing its archival nature. The lack of visible subjects or activity suggests a quiet, contemplative moment on the water, possibly before or after a water skiing event. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics including scratches, dust, and slight motion blur, offering authentic historical footage for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic 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: 127414825

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 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet water, shoreline, or recreation-era cutaway with no visible people.
Period detail: The frames show black-and-white 8mm views of open water and low shoreline, with the 1938 Washington context supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds an observational home-movie view across the water, suggesting a casual pause around a lakeside or boating outing rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled water, overcast sky, distant low land, dark frame edges, gate-like vertical bands, and heavy film texture.
Film character: High-contrast black-and-white grain, scratches, slight softness, and irregular frame borders give the clip a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, shoreline transition, recreation cutaway, or reflective memory beat before or after action footage.
Historical context: The footage visually suggests outdoor water recreation in the late 1930s, though the frames themselves show only water, shoreline, sky, and film borders.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and source permissions still require normal archive review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Washington 8mm water footage, black-and-white lake shoreline, vintage home movie water recreation, and prewar outdoor cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1938 Washington footage, then broader 1930s water, boating, or recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing calm water, low shoreline, overcast sky, and dark vertical film-edge bands. — A quiet water view with distant land and pronounced film-frame borders.

Black-and-white 8mm view of rippled water in Washington, framed by dark vertical borders and visible scratches. — A close water surface view emphasizes ripples, grain, and frame-edge shadow.

1938 Washington home-movie frame showing open water, low distant land, cloudy sky, and dark film gate edges. — Open water stretches toward a low shoreline under a cloudy sky.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of a low Washington shoreline across bright water, with scratches and dark border shadows. — A low strip of land crosses the frame above bright, textured water.

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