Ocean City New Jersey USA-1968: People Relaxing on Dock at Lake

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationOcean City, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1968 Ocean City New Jersey

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People Relaxing on Dock at Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Ocean City, New Jersey, 1968, showing a serene lakeside scene. A white floating dock sits in calm blue water, with people relaxing and swimming. A yellow and white buoy line stretches across the foreground, separating the swimming area. The background features a dense treeline along the shore. The film exhibits characteristic 1960s Super 8 color saturation and grain, with a dark vignette framing the shot, capturing a nostalgic summer day.

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: 121308757

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 1329 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1968-1970
Reel-level location note: pennsylvania, new jersey
Date: 1968 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: Ocean City, New Jersey, 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 1960s editorial or documentary requests needing quiet summer recreation at a lake or swimming area in Ocean City, New Jersey.
Period detail: The 8mm color, simple floating dock, buoy line, and casual swim setting may show late-1960s home-movie leisure detail without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-film feel, observing people relaxing on a small dock and moving in the water from a distant shoreline vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm blue water, a white floating dock, distant people, a yellow-and-white buoy line, wooded shoreline, ripples, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and dark gate edges that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a summer memory insert, waterfront cutaway, transition between recreation scenes, or quiet establishing beat.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary outdoor leisure around a designated swim area, with people small in frame and the wooded shore providing a nonurban backdrop.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still apply, while copyright and any location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1968 Ocean City New Jersey 8mm lake swimming, vintage buoy line dock, 1960s home movie waterfront recreation, and summer swim area.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Ocean City 1968 footage, then broader 1960s family swimming and lakeside recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Ocean City, New Jersey home-movie frame showing people on a white floating dock, calm water, buoy line, and wooded shore. — People gather on a small floating dock beyond the buoy line in a quiet swim area.

Distant 1968 lakeside view in Ocean City, New Jersey with people on a floating dock, buoy markers, rippled water, and trees. — A floating dock sits near the far shore as buoy markers cross the foreground.

1968 home-movie frame of people on a small white dock across calm water, with a buoy line and wooded shoreline visible. — The camera holds on the dock while the buoy line separates the swimming area.

Wide 1968 Ocean City, New Jersey lakeside frame with buoy markers across blue water and a wooded shoreline beyond. — The shot widens toward open water and the tree-lined shore as the dock moves out of view.

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