Washington-1938: Speeding Boat on Ocean Water with Trees and Mountains

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

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Speeding Boat on Ocean Water with Trees and Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this grainy black and white home movie captures a small boat speeding across a vast body of water. The camera, likely handheld from a moving vessel, produces a shaky, immersive perspective as the boat cuts through the waves, creating splashes. In the distance, a tree-lined shore and rolling hills form a natural backdrop under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—film grain, scratches, and soft focus—evoking a sense of historical nostalgia and personal memory. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or projects exploring mid-20th century recreation and travel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127414896

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: 1930s Washington home-movie footage suited for documentary or editorial requests needing small-boat recreation on open water with shoreline and hills.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view may show late-1930s recreational boating, with no visible modern signage, logos, or identifiable built environment in these frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the value of a handheld traveler or passenger perspective, watching a small boat move across rough water from another moving position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include choppy water, a small motorboat, spray or wake, distant tree-lined shore, low hills or mountains, overcast sky, and dark frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, scratches, uneven exposure, and shaky framing give the scanned 8mm footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a water-travel insert, recreation cutaway, transition between Pacific Northwest scenes, or brief memory beat of boating activity.
Historical context: The footage visually places leisure travel on a large body of water in a rural or natural Washington setting without supporting a specific landmark identification.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and location context separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1938 Washington 8mm boat footage, 1930s home movie on water, small motorboat with mountains, and black-and-white recreation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel water or travel scenes, then other 1938 Washington footage, then broader 1930s boating, lake, shoreline, or mountain recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing rough water, distant trees, low hills, and an overcast sky from a shaky moving viewpoint. — Choppy water and a tree-lined shore appear beyond dark film-frame edges.

Soft black-and-white 8mm view of open water with a distant Washington shoreline partly obscured by a dark frame edge. — A blurred shoreline and open water pass through the soft, scratched frame.

Black-and-white 1938 Washington frame with a small boat on choppy water below a distant shore and low hills. — A small boat crosses the foreground water with low hills and shoreline behind it.

1938 Washington 8mm frame showing a small boat moving across rough water, with a dark hillside and cloudy sky behind it. — The boat throws a wake across rough water beneath a dark hillside.

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