California USA-1952: Two Men Wearing Colorful Shorts Sitting On A Boat In A Sea

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Two Men Wearing Colorful Shorts Sitting On A Boat In A Sea — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1952 shows two men in colorful shorts riding a small motorboat across deep blue ocean waters. The boat, with a white hull and red trim, cuts through the sea, leaving a white wake. One man sits at the bow while the other steers at the stern. The scene transitions to a distant view of a rugged, tree-covered mountain range along the coastline, with the boat appearing small against the vast landscape. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and edge damage, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century coastal recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122621410

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 coastal recreation requests needing small-boat home-movie footage, ocean travel, or a scenic shoreline transition.
Period detail: The clothing, small outboard-style motorboat, saturated color, and 8mm home-movie framing support a mid-century leisure setting consistent with the 1952 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged boating moment, with one man at the bow and another at the stern as the camera shifts from close boat action to distant coastline.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men, a white motorboat with red trim, deep blue ocean, white wake, hazy coastal mountains, shoreline, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has 8mm grain, soft focus, color shift, gate edges, dust marks, and handheld instability that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief recreational insert, a memory beat, or a transition from human activity on the water to a wider coastal landscape.
Historical context: The scene shows mid-century leisure boating against a rugged California coastline, without enough visible detail to identify a precise harbor, island, or landmark.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 California 8mm home movie boat at sea, two men in small motorboat, vintage coastal recreation, and hazy mountain shoreline.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel coastal shots, then other 1952 California seaside footage, then broader vintage boating and ocean recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm footage shows two men in a white motorboat with red trim moving across dark blue ocean water. — Two men travel across open water in a small motorboat.

A small boat appears far offshore beneath hazy California coastal mountains in 1952 home-movie footage. — The boat becomes a small shape against the mountainous coastline.

The camera holds on blue water and hazy California shoreline, with a boat wake crossing the lower frame. — Open water and wake lead toward a hazy mountain shoreline.

A wide 1952 California coastal view shows water, wake lines, and hazy mountains with the boat now distant or out of frame. — The shot settles into a wide view of water and mountainous coast.

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