California USA-1952: Boat Ride In Calm Sea With Several People Seeing The

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Boat Ride In Calm Sea With Several People Seeing The — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1952, showing a group of people on a boat ride across calm blue waters. The clip features a diverse crowd in period attire—men in short-sleeve shirts and hats, women in dresses and sun hats—standing and sitting on the deck, enjoying the sunny day. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and natural color fading typical of mid-century amateur footage. The camera remains steady, capturing the serene maritime scene from a passenger's perspective. This authentic archival clip evokes nostalgia for 1950s leisure travel and family vacations.

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: 122621089

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 1234 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: miss universe
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1952 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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s California leisure, passenger-boat travel, or home-movie maritime cutaways in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The visible clothing, hats, color 8mm texture, and passenger-deck setting may show mid-century recreational travel consistent with the 1952 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage keeps a passenger's viewpoint, watching water and nearby travelers without staged action or direct performance for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, dark boat structure, wake or sea surface, passenger deck, mast or rigging, hats, short-sleeve clothing, and a sail or canvas edge.
Film character: The scan shows dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, blue color shift, gate edges, and brief handheld framing typical of amateur color home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, travel transition, sea-journey insert, or atmospheric cutaway before or after broader vacation footage.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for group leisure on California waters, with passengers gathered on deck during a calm daytime boat ride.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are evident, and copyright status is separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s California boat ride, 8mm passenger deck, home movie sea travel, calm water excursion, and mid-century vacation footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other California 1952 travel footage, then broader 1950s boat rides, coastal leisure, and family-vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 8mm frame of blue water and a dark boat edge during a California boat ride, consistent with the 1952 metadata. — Blue water passes beside a dark section of the boat.

A blue, softly focused view of sea surface beside dark boat structure in archival 8mm footage. — The camera looks down toward water along the side of the boat.

Underexposed 8mm view of the boat side with pale blue water or wake along the lower part of the frame. — A shadowed portion of the boat frames a pale strip of water below.

Passengers in mid-century clothing stand and sit on a boat deck near calm blue water in California, supported by the clip metadata. — A group of passengers gathers on deck during the boat ride.

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