Idaho USA-1955: Motorboat on Lake with American Flag

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Motorboat on Lake with American Flag — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Idaho, USA, in 1955, showing a boat moving across a lake. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections like scratches and dust. A white boat cuts through the water, creating ripples and waves, with an American flag visible, fluttering in the wind. The scene captures a nostalgic moment of summer recreation on a calm lake, framed by the characteristic dark borders of 8mm film.

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: 122628761

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1955 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Idaho, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: A 5-second 1955 Idaho home movie of a flag-flying boat on a lake suits Americana, postwar leisure, and regional documentary productions seeking authentic period water recreation footage.
Period detail: Heavily faded 8mm color stock, a close-up American flag, and open-water recreation are consistent with mid-1950s amateur filming in the American West.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from aboard or alongside the moving vessel, the footage has the kinetic, spontaneous quality of amateur lake recreation filming typical of family summer outings.
What appears in frame: Frames show an American flag with red stripes and blue star canton, white water spray, flat open lake surface, a prominent boat wake, faded grain, and dust marks throughout.
Film character: Heavy color fading produces a pink-beige cast across most frames and a distinct blue-violet shift in the final frame, with fine grain and scattered dust marks characteristic of aged 8mm originals.
Edit role: Works as a patriotic symbol insert, a postwar summer-recreation cutaway, or a brief transition bridging scenes of 1950s American leisure or boating sequences.
Historical context: Recreational boating surged in postwar American consumer culture; Idaho's lakes were popular summer destinations, and flag display on watercraft was a common practice of the era.
Research note: No identifiable faces appear in the reviewed frames; the American flag is a public symbol; chain of title and physical-film rights should be confirmed with the archive before use.
Research search match: Researchers seeking 1950s American boating, postwar lake recreation home movies, Idaho summer footage, or American flag archival 8mm film may find this clip relevant.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other Idaho 1955 reel clips, then with 1950s lake recreation or boating home movies, then with Americana or postwar summer leisure sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

American flag close-up from a 1955 Idaho home movie; red and white stripes and blue star canton visible on heavily faded 8mm stock. — American flag close-up, Idaho lake, 1955.

Lake surface filmed from a moving boat in 1955 Idaho; pale pink-beige color fading typical of aged 8mm film, with distant shore visible at top of frame. — Lake surface from moving boat, Idaho, 1955.

Flat lake water from a 1955 Idaho home movie; extreme color fading produces pale beige-pink tones across the entire frame. — Color-faded lake surface, Idaho, 1955.

Boat wake on an Idaho lake, 1955 home movie; blue-violet color shift and prominent white wake band show both vessel motion and the film stock's age. — Boat wake on Idaho lake, 1955.

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