Ocean City New Jersey USA-1968: Man On A Small Sailboat At Dusk

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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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Man On A Small Sailboat At Dusk — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Ocean City, New Jersey, 1968, showing a man in a white shirt and dark shorts sailing a small, simple sailboat on calm blue waters. The scene unfolds at dusk under a purple-tinged sky, with the film exhibiting characteristic grain, color fading, and dark borders typical of Super 8 footage. The man remains seated as the boat drifts across the ocean, capturing a quiet moment of leisure and nostalgia. This authentic archival clip offers a rare glimpse into 1960s coastal recreation and is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, and nostalgic content.

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: 121308889

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Ocean City home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for quiet coastal recreation, small-craft sailing, or vacation-memory inserts.
Period detail: The simple small sailboat, muted color, and 8mm frame borders support a late-1960s home-movie setting without showing identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observer's view of one man seated in a small sailboat moving slowly across calm water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open ocean, a low horizon, purple-blue dusk sky, a small sailboat, a seated man, dark film borders, and soft 8mm texture.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, color fading, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and dark scan borders that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for seaside leisure, summer travel, or small-boat recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual coastal recreation in a home-movie record, with one adult sailing offshore rather than a staged travel or sports sequence.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, private property, or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s 8mm Ocean City sailboat, vintage home movie sailing, New Jersey shore recreation, and dusk ocean footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from the same reel, then Ocean City or 1968 coastal material, then broader small-boat leisure and shore-vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Ocean City home-movie frame showing a distant small sailboat on calm ocean water under a muted dusk sky. — A small sailboat sits far out on calm ocean water at dusk.

Ocean City, New Jersey 1968 footage frame with a small sailboat moving across calm blue water, filmed from shore or another distance. — The small sailboat appears closer against the low horizon.

1968 Ocean City home-movie frame showing a man seated in a small sailboat on calm ocean water, with soft focus and faded color. — A seated man remains in the small sailboat as it drifts over calm water.

Ocean City 1968 frame of a seated man in a small sailboat, with a tall pale sail or mast and purple-blue home-movie color. — The sailboat remains centered on the water in the final frame.

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