Oahu Hawaii USA-1959: Catamaran Sailing on Choppy Waters

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationOahu, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Hawaii

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Catamaran Sailing on Choppy Waters — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Oahu, Hawaii, USA, in 1959, showing a white catamaran sailing on choppy blue waters. Two people are aboard, one wearing a bright red shirt, navigating the boat with a yellow sail and a blue-and-white striped sail. The distant shoreline features buildings and palm trees under a hazy sky. The clip exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, capturing a nostalgic moment of leisure and adventure on the ocean.

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: 121074694

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 1873 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: 1,March
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: hawaii
Date: 1959 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: Oahu, Hawaii, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Hawaii leisure, sailing, ocean recreation, and home-movie travel sequences in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The small catamaran, casual clothing, faded color, and 8mm home-movie handling support a late-1950s recreational boating scene in Oahu, Hawaii.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an unstaged sailing moment from shore or another boat as the craft rides choppy water with two people aboard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white catamaran, yellow sail, blue-and-white sail, two passengers, dark blue water, distant shoreline, low buildings, and hazy hills.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, handheld framing, and mild exposure variation that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, travel cutaway, ocean recreation transition, or memory beat within a Hawaii or sailing sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents mid-century leisure sailing near an Oahu shoreline without establishing a named beach, marina, club, or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from visible rights review.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1959 Oahu sailing footage, 1950s Hawaii home movie, 8mm catamaran on choppy water, and vintage island boating.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Hawaii material, then other 1959 Oahu shoreline footage, and then broader vintage sailing or ocean recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Oahu home-movie frame showing a white catamaran with a yellow sail and two distant people aboard on rough blue water. — A white catamaran sails across choppy water near the Oahu shoreline.

1959 Oahu 8mm frame of a white catamaran, yellow sail, and two distant passengers moving across dark blue water. — Two people ride a small catamaran with a yellow sail on rough water.

Blurred 1959 Oahu home-movie frame with a white catamaran and yellow sail moving quickly across choppy blue water. — Motion blur emphasizes the catamaran moving through rough water.

1959 Oahu frame showing the catamaran angled near the distant shoreline, with two people aboard and wind-ruffled water in front. — The catamaran continues along the shoreline with sails raised.

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