Virginia USA-1958: A Man In A Green Motorboat On A River

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationVirginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Virginia

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A Man In A Green Motorboat On A River — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1958 showing a man operating a small green motorboat on a calm river in Virginia. The boat moves through the water, creating a wake as it navigates past lush green trees lining the riverbank. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century recreational boating. The man, wearing light-colored clothing, is seen steering the boat in a serene natural setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120980129

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: Virginia, 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: Useful for 1950s U.S. leisure, river recreation, and mid-century home-movie boating inserts in documentary or editorial sequences.
Period detail: The small outboard-style motorboat, light casual clothing, and 8mm color home-movie texture support a 1958 recreational boating setting in Virginia.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the informal feel of a family or companion filming a man making repeated passes across a quiet river.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a green motorboat, a man seated at the controls, rippled river water, white wake, dense green riverbank trees, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, color fading, and slight motion blur typical of mid-century 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for summer recreation, family travel, boating, or river-life sequences.
Historical context: The clip shows private recreational boating on a wooded Virginia river, reflecting an everyday outdoor leisure scene rather than a public event.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Virginia 8mm boating footage, vintage river motorboat home movie, 1950s outdoor recreation, and mid-century leisure on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Virginia 1958 material, then broader 1950s river, boating, summer recreation, and family travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Virginia 8mm frame showing a small green motorboat moving across a calm wooded river at a distance. — A green motorboat appears in the distance on a tree-lined river.

A green motorboat passes along a wooded Virginia river in soft 1958 8mm home-movie footage. — The boat crosses the river with dense summer trees behind it.

1958 Virginia home-movie still of a man seated in a green motorboat as it moves across rippled river water. — A man drives the green boat past the camera on the river.

A man steers a green motorboat on a wooded Virginia river, leaving a bright white wake in 1958 8mm footage. — The motorboat passes closer to camera, throwing white spray behind it.

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