Washington-1939: A Day Of Sporting Bird Hunting With Friends In An Allowed Area

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Washington

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A Day Of Sporting Bird Hunting With Friends In An... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a day of sporting bird hunting in Washington. Two men, one in a light-colored suit and hat, the other in a dark leather jacket, stand in a grassy field surrounded by trees. They converse briefly before one man raises a shotgun and fires into the brush, with a puff of smoke visible. The grainy black-and-white footage, framed by film borders, evokes a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-20th century American recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127736592

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1674 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: mt washington,quebec
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Washington, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: Useful for archive requests needing 1930s Washington home-movie footage of adult men on a recreational bird-hunting outing.
Period detail: The hats, light suit, leather jacket, shotgun, and black-and-white 8mm handling may show late-1930s outdoor sporting dress and leisure practice.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, unstaged interaction as companions stand together, shift positions, and one man aims into the brush.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a brimmed hat, a dark leather jacket, a shotgun, open grass, trees, smoke, and heavy film borders.
Film character: The clip has grainy black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and visible contact-frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert or cutaway for mid-century recreation, rural leisure, sporting culture, or memory-driven hunting sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents adult recreational hunting as seen through a private home-movie camera, without identifying the land, species, or event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so copyright status should be assessed separately from likeness, location, firearm, and hunting-use considerations.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Washington 8mm hunting footage, vintage home movie bird hunting, men with shotgun in field, and 1930s outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel hunting or outdoor scenes, then 1939 Washington material, then broader 1930s American recreation or firearms footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Washington home-movie footage, two adult men stand together outdoors near trees before a hunting action. — Two men pause and talk in a field during a hunting outing.

Two adult men in a Washington field appear to turn or reposition during the brief 1939 hunting scene. — The men shift positions near the tree line.

A man in a brimmed hat aims a shotgun across a grassy Washington field in 1939 home-movie footage. — A hunter raises a shotgun toward the brush.

A hunter in 1939 Washington footage points a shotgun toward the trees as smoke appears near the barrel. — Smoke appears as the shotgun is fired toward the tree line.

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