Volmer Yucaipa California USA-1959: Boat On The Sea With Purple Tint

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationVolmer Yucaipa, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Boat On The Sea With Purple Tint — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1959 showing a distant boat on the open sea, captured with a distinct purple color cast and film grain. The clip features a small vessel moving across calm waters under a hazy sky, with subtle camera shake and vertical scratches typical of old Super 8 film. The scene evokes a nostalgic, serene summer day at sea, with the boat appearing as a solitary figure on the horizon. This authentic archival footage offers a rare glimpse into mid-century maritime life and is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 122696231

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 1084 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: philip 15 mos,santa anita,vegas,arizona,new mexico
Reel-level year note: 1958-1959
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1959 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: Volmer Yucaipa, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Suits 1950s maritime or Americana sequences in documentaries, memory reels, or transition moments — an authentic mid-century sea view from a home filmmaker.
Period detail: Heavy purple/violet dye-shift and film grain are consistent with aged 8mm color stock; reel metadata places the shoot in California, 1959, though the distant vessel form is too indistinct to confirm type.
Home-movie behavior: A casual handheld shot framing a distant vessel as a vacationer would — the unstageable spontaneity of someone pointing a camera at a passing boat from shore or deck.
What appears in frame: Open ocean, a small distant boat with faint wake, a second barely-visible speck on the far-left horizon, horizon line, pale hazy sky, purple-shifted water surface, film grain, and subtle wave texture.
Film character: Pervasive magenta/violet dye-shift across all frames creates an otherworldly palette; moderate grain and faint vertical scratch lines in the early frames mark this as a physically aged 8mm original.
Edit role: Works as a contemplative cutaway, solitary-horizon memory beat, or brief transition into maritime or nostalgia sequences; the 5-second duration suits a single editorial beat.
Historical context: Reflects mid-century California recreational boating culture; the late 1950s saw 8mm cameras become common on family outings, making spontaneous sea views a recurring motif in home-movie collections.
Research note: No identifiable individuals, named vessels, logos, or recognisable landmarks are visible; as with all archival footage, original IP provenance should be confirmed before editorial use.
Research search match: 1950s sea footage, vintage ocean 8mm, California coast home movie, purple-tint archival film, lone boat on water late 1950s.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Volmer Yucaipa 1959 California reel, then other California coastal footage of the 1950s, then open-sea or horizon shots sharing a color-shifted film character.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame circa 1959 showing a distant motorboat on open sea, heavy magenta/violet dye-shift coloration and a faint second vessel on the far-left horizon. — Distant boat on open sea; 1959 California 8mm footage with pronounced purple color cast.

8mm home movie frame circa 1959 showing a lone small vessel on calm open sea; strong violet dye-shift and hazy sky typical of aged California 8mm color film. — Small vessel on purple-tinted sea, 8mm home movie California circa 1959.

8mm home movie frame circa 1959 showing a lone boat silhouette on open sea; lavender dye-shift and grain are consistent with physically aged 8mm color film. — Boat silhouette on lavender-tinted sea, aged 8mm film California circa 1959.

8mm home movie frame circa 1959 showing a tiny distant vessel on open sea; strong colour shift and grain mark this as a physically aged film original. — Faint boat silhouette on pale purple sea, 8mm home movie California circa 1959.

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