California USA-1961: Taking A Boat Tour In A Coastal Resort

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Taking A Boat Tour In A Coastal Resort — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California, USA, in 1961, capturing a serene boating scene on a deep blue waterway. A small motorboat speeds across the frame, leaving a white wake, while other boats are visible in the distance. The footage shows people relaxing on a boat, with a distinctive white building and a hillside in the background, suggesting a coastal resort or harbor. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: rich blue color cast, grainy texture, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, carefree 1960s vacation atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120766469

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 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: California, 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: This 1961 California 8mm clip can support archive requests for early 1960s coastal leisure, harbor boating, resort travel, or family-vacation inserts.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century resort boating details, including small pleasure craft, open water, casual boat passengers, a white waterfront building, and a dry hillside setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor-shot quality, observing people relaxing on boats and watching movement across the water rather than presenting a formal tour scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include deep blue harbor water, a small motorboat with a white wake, people seated or standing on a boat, distant boats, a waterfront building, masts, and a hillside backdrop.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries dense blue color, visible grain, soft focus, slight blur, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief vacation cutaway, harbor transition, boating insert, or memory beat within a 1960s California travel sequence.
Historical context: The clip reflects recreational boating and resort sightseeing in a California coastal setting without enough visible evidence to identify the exact harbor or building.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be relevant, while no readable logos or obvious brands are visible and copyright, likeness, and property questions should be evaluated separately.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1961 California 8mm boating footage, 1960s coastal resort home movie, vintage harbor boat tour, and family vacation waterway footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1961 California coastal or harbor scenes, then with broader 1960s boating and vacation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

A small motorboat moves across deep blue water in 1961 California home-movie footage, leaving a bright wake behind it. — Motorboat crossing the water.

A motorboat travels across the water while nearby boat passengers appear at the lower edge of the 1961 California frame. — Boat traffic on the waterway.

People are visible on a boat in a dark blue harbor scene, with wake lines moving across the water behind them. — Passengers on a boat.

A white waterfront building stands beside a hillside and moored boats in the 1961 California coastal resort footage. — Waterfront building and harbor boats.

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