California USA-1952: People On A Boat Together Looking At The Mountains

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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People On A Boat Together Looking At The Mountains — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from California USA in 1952 shows a crowded boat deck filled with people enjoying a sunny day on the water. Passengers in summer attire, including hats and light clothing, stand and sit, looking out at the scenic mountainous coastline. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century leisure. The background features a hazy blue mountain range and calm water, with a visible boat cable stretching across the frame. This authentic archival clip offers a candid glimpse into 1950s Americana and family travel.

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: 122621443

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 home-movie boat footage for documentary or museum edits needing leisure travel, passengers, water, and mountain coastline context.
Period detail: The light summer clothing, hats, crowded excursion deck, and faded 8mm color may show mid-century recreational boating in California.
Home-movie behavior: Passengers stand, sit, and look outward from a crowded deck, giving the clip an unstaged visitor perspective on a shared sightseeing trip.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include crowded passengers, hats, boat railing areas, rigging or cable lines, blue water, distant boats, hazy mountains, and soft sky.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, faded blue color, handheld framing, and slight motion blur that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition between family vacation scenes and wider California landscape coverage.
Historical context: The scene reflects postwar-era leisure travel through visible group sightseeing behavior, without identifying the vessel, route, or specific coastal location.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depiction rights.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1950s California boat passengers, 8mm home movie mountain coastline, crowded sightseeing boat, and vintage family travel on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other California 1952 waterfront footage, then broader 1950s family travel, boating, and mountain landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 California 8mm frame showing passengers on a crowded boat deck looking toward water and distant mountains. — Passengers gather on a crowded boat deck with a hazy mountain shoreline beyond.

1952 California home-movie still of people on a boat deck with rigging lines, blue water, and a hazy mountain coastline. — People face the shoreline from a crowded deck as the mountains fill the background.

1952 California 8mm still with passengers partly cropped on a sightseeing boat, blue water, distant boats, and hazy mountains. — A handheld view crops passengers in the foreground while water and mountains stretch behind them.

1952 California home-movie frame showing boat passengers in the foreground, calm water, small distant boats, and a hazy mountain backdrop. — Foreground passengers and distant boats sit against a hazy mountain shoreline.

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