Washington-1938: Blurry 8mm Footage Of Water Scene With Trees And Cloudy Sky

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Blurry 8mm Footage Of Water Scene With Trees And Cloudy Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this grainy black-and-white footage captures a blurry, motion-filled scene from a moving perspective, likely from a boat or vehicle. The view shows a body of water with indistinct shapes and trees along the distant shore under a cloudy sky. The image is heavily blurred due to motion, with visible film grain and scratches characteristic of vintage home movie footage. The scene evokes a sense of nostalgia and movement, suggesting a leisurely outing on the water during a cloudy day.

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: 127414879

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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

jet
ski
sea
fun
cloudy
people
boat
holidays
washington
1938
1938 home movie footage
vintage 8mm film
1930s archival footage
black and white motion blur
cloudy day water scene
vintage boat footage
8mm film grain
historic home movie
1930s leisure activity
vintage travel footage
8mm film scratches
old film footage
1938 Washington footage
vintage motion blur
8mm home movie
1930s family outing
vintage water scene
8mm film artifacts
1930s Americana
vintage travel memory

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Washington home-movie requests needing a brief waterside travel view, moving boat perspective, or atmospheric archival transition.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1938 home-movie outing on water, with only shoreline trees, cloudy sky, and small craft-like shapes offering visible period context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged moving viewpoint, suggesting a handheld amateur record made from a boat or waterside vehicle rather than a composed scenic shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled water, a distant tree-lined shore, cloudy sky, small indistinct objects on the water, heavy motion blur, and frame-edge exposure bars.
Film character: The 8mm black-and-white scan has soft focus, pronounced grain, vertical scratches, gate edges, and smeared motion that give the footage strong physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short watery cutaway, a memory beat, a transition into travel material, or an abstract 1930s home-movie insert.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual leisure or travel filming around water, but the frames do not identify a specific landmark, vessel, event, or community activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are discernible, but copyright status and any location-specific permissions should be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1938 Washington 8mm water footage, blurry home movie shoreline, vintage boat-view cutaway, and cloudy 1930s waterfront scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Washington 1938 material, then broader 1930s waterside travel or amateur boating views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame with blurred water, distant shoreline trees, cloudy sky, and visible black frame borders. — Motion-blurred view across water toward a tree-lined shore beneath a cloudy sky.

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a blurred small object on water, dark tree line, cloudy sky, and visible film wear. — A small indistinct form sits on the water near a distant tree-lined bank.

1938 Washington 8mm frame with rippled water, an indistinct small craft-like shape, shoreline trees, and cloudy sky. — The camera passes a small indistinct shape on the water with trees beyond.

1938 Washington 8mm frame with blurred water, low shoreline vegetation, trees, cloudy sky, and vertical film scratches. — A blurred moving view of water and a low tree-lined shore closes the clip.

Visually Similar Clips