Boston Mass USA-1975: Four Men Rowing On A Lake Surrounded By Pines On An

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Year1975
Decade1970s
LocationBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1975 Boston Massachusetts

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Four Men Rowing On A Lake Surrounded By Pines On An — Clip Details

BOSTON MASS USA-1975: Four men in light-colored shirts row a scull across a calm lake, their oars moving in unison. The vintage 8mm film captures the scene with soft focus and natural grain, showing a tree-lined shore with a small white building and distant hills under an overcast sky. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic home movie quality, with the camera following the rowers as they glide through the water, offering a glimpse of 1970s recreational life.

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: 123264414

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1975 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: Boston, Massachusetts, 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

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 1970s archival requests needing recreational rowing, lakeside sport, or quiet outdoor leisure footage for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The soft 8mm color, casual light shirts, and metadata-supported 1975 date place the scene in a mid-1970s home-movie record of lakeside recreation near Boston.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows the rowers from shore or another boat, preserving an unstaged view of a small crew moving steadily across open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a four-person rowing shell, long oars, calm lake water, wooded shoreline, a small pale building, distant hills, and overcast sky.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, natural grain, slight exposure variation, and mild gate or scan marks that read as authentic 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief insert, recreation cutaway, seasonal transition, or memory beat within a sequence about outdoor life or amateur sport.
Historical context: The footage shows recreational rowing in a wooded lake setting, offering visual context for leisure activity and amateur sport without identifying a specific event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, and copyright clearance remains separate.
Research search match: Search matches include 1970s 8mm rowing on lake, Boston-area home movie recreation, men rowing shell, wooded shoreline lake sport, and vintage amateur rowing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1975 Boston or Massachusetts lake scenes, then broader 1970s rowing and outdoor recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1975 Boston-area 8mm frame showing four men rowing a shell on a calm lake with trees, distant hills, and a small shoreline building. — Four men row a shell across the lake as the wooded shoreline recedes behind them.

The crew rows in unison across a Boston-area lake in soft 8mm footage, with a wooded bank and low hills in the background. — The rowing shell continues across the frame, its oars extended over the lake surface.

Soft-focus 1975 home-movie frame of a four-man rowing shell moving away on a calm lake near a wooded shoreline. — The crew rows farther across the lake, with shoreline trees and hills behind them.

A 1975 Boston-area 8mm frame shows the rowers near mid-lake, with a distant small boat, pine-lined shore, and overcast sky. — The rowing shell passes through the wider lake view as a small boat appears in the distance.

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