Sacramento California USA-1966: A Motorboat Moves Slowly Through A Body Of Water

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationSacramento, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 California

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A Motorboat Moves Slowly Through A Body Of Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1966 showing a motorboat cruising slowly across a calm lake in Sacramento, California. The white powerboat, with a windshield and outboard motor, moves from left to right, leaving a gentle wake behind. Several passengers are visible aboard, enjoying a leisurely summer day. The shoreline is lined with dense trees and forest, under bright daylight. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a purple tint, capturing authentic mid-century Americana nostalgia.

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: 121300906

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 1106 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,vacation
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: danville,illinois,california
Date: 1966 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: Sacramento, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fits requests for 1960s Sacramento home-movie footage of small recreational boating on calm water for documentary or educational sequences.
Period detail: The white windshield motorboat, outboard motor, casual passengers and faded 8mm color may show mid-1960s leisure boating style.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged shoreline view of people riding slowly in a small boat during a relaxed outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorboat, passengers, outboard motor, wake, rippled water, wooded shore and bright daylight.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight handheld framing, faded color and a purple cast that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a water-recreation insert, quiet transition, travel cutaway or memory beat within a family or regional sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary mid-century recreational boating in a wooded waterside setting without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness and location context should be reviewed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm Sacramento motorboat footage, home movie lake boating and vintage California water recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1966 Sacramento footage, then broader 1960s boating or lakeshore material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Sacramento home-movie frame showing a small white motorboat moving across calm water near trees. — A small motorboat passes across the water with a wooded bank behind it.

1966 Sacramento frame of a white outboard motorboat cruising on a calm body of water near a tree-lined shore. — The boat continues along the water, leaving a narrow wake near the shoreline.

1966 Sacramento home-movie frame showing a white windshield motorboat with passengers passing a wooded bank. — Passengers ride in a small white boat as it moves past the wooded shoreline.

1966 Sacramento frame of a small white powerboat with visible passengers on rippled water near a wooded shoreline. — The powerboat moves across the frame with passengers aboard and trees behind.

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