Boston USA-1975: Man Posing With Surfboard On Lake Dock

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationBoston, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Posing With Surfboard On Lake Dock — Clip Details

A man in a red life vest and blue swim trunks stands on a wooden dock at a lake in Boston, 1975, posing for the camera while holding a surfboard. He gestures and speaks directly to the lens, smiling in a relaxed summer vacation moment. The vintage 8mm film shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a soft focus typical of home movies from the era. Trees line the shore in the background, with small boats moored nearby, capturing a nostalgic, candid moment of 1970s leisure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 121091170

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1975 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: Boston, 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: Archival 1970s home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational requests about casual summer recreation, lake vacations, and posed family-camera moments in the Boston area.
Period detail: The red life vest, short swim trunks, small boats, dock setting, soft 8mm color, and metadata-supported 1975 date place the scene within mid-1970s leisure imagery.
Home-movie behavior: A man stands on a lakeside dock, gestures, smiles, and appears to speak directly to the camera in an informal vacation-style pose.
What appears in frame: The frames show a man in a red life vest and blue swim trunks, a wooden dock, a surfboard or board at his feet, rippled lake water, moored small boats, trees, and a wooded shoreline.
Film character: The clip carries a home-movie 8mm texture with visible grain, soft focus, slight color fading, dark frame edges, and a lightly handheld feel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for 1970s summer recreation, waterside vacations, or family leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects an informal outdoor recreation moment with a single adult posing by a lake, supported by the metadata as Boston-area footage from 1975.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to separate copyright and any location or property assessment.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1975 Boston lake home movie, 1970s man on dock, 8mm summer vacation footage, life vest by lake, and retro waterside recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Boston or 1975 lake footage, and then with broader 1970s summer vacation or recreational boating material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1975 Boston-area 8mm footage, a man in a red life vest and blue swim trunks stands on a wooden dock with lake water, boats, and trees behind him. — Man poses on a lakeside dock in a life vest.

The man stands near the edge of a Boston-area lake dock, facing the camera in a red life vest as small boats sit on the water behind him. — Man faces the camera from the dock.

A man in a red life vest gestures while standing on a wooden dock, with rippled lake water, small boats, and trees visible in the soft 8mm frame. — Man gestures while posing by the lake.

The man holds a casual pose on the lakeside dock, one hand extended toward the camera, with a board at his feet and boats near the wooded shore behind him. — Casual dockside pose with lake boats behind.

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