California USA-1952: Speed Boat Navigating At The Bay During A Summer Day

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Speed Boat Navigating At The Bay During A Summer Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1952, showing a hazy coastal bay view through a window frame. The scene begins with a distant, foggy shoreline and gradually comes into focus, revealing a small coastal town with white buildings nestled against hills. A hand in a green sleeve points toward the shore, emphasizing the location. Several boats, including a speedboat leaving a white wake, navigate the blue water. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and soft focus, capturing a nostalgic summer day with a relaxed, personal perspective.

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: 122621215

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s California coastal home-movie footage for documentary inserts needing a bay view with boats and shoreline seen from a personal vantage point.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1950s leisure boating, waterfront buildings, and a hazy coastal town backed by hills, as supported by the 1952 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The pointed hand and window-framed view give the scene an unstaged visitor perspective, as if someone is identifying the shoreline for companions.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark window frame, hazy hills, shoreline buildings, blue bay water, small boats, a speedboat wake, and a pointing arm.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, muted color, visible grain, light scratches, and exposure haze that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a coastal establishing insert, travel-memory cutaway, boating transition, or brief location-identification beat.
Historical context: The footage presents mid-century coastal recreation from a private home-movie viewpoint without enough detail to identify the town or specific waterfront.
Research note: A person’s arm is visible, so likeness review may be prudent, while copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1952 California bay 8mm footage, vintage speedboat home movie, hazy coastal town, and 1950s boating recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1952 California coastal footage, then broader 1950s boating, bay, and summer recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California home-movie frame showing a soft, hazy bay view with distant hills through a dark window frame. — A distant shoreline and hills appear softly through the window-framed bay view.

A green-sleeved arm points toward a California bay shoreline with small boats, white buildings, and hazy hills. — A hand points toward the shoreline as boats move across the bay.

1952 California coastal bay scene with small boats, shoreline buildings, and hills in soft home-movie focus. — Boats travel across the water below a softly focused coastal town.

A speedboat crosses a California bay in 1952, leaving a white wake below distant waterfront buildings and hills. — A speedboat cuts across the bay, leaving a bright wake near the shore.

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