Boston Mass USA-1975: Men Lifting A Wooden Rowboat From A Dock

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

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Men Lifting A Wooden Rowboat From A Dock — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from Boston, Massachusetts in 1975 captures a group of young men in swimwear and t-shirts lifting a long wooden rowboat from a dock. They work together to carry the boat across the concrete pier and then hoist it overhead, showcasing teamwork and summer recreation. The footage features the characteristic grain and color palette of Super 8 home movies, with a calm body of water and tree branches visible in the background. This authentic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, and historical projects.

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: 123264578

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: Supports requests for 1970s Boston-area recreational rowing, dockside teamwork, or summer youth activity in authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The swimwear, t-shirts, wooden racing shell, soft color, and 8mm scan texture support the supplied 1975 home-movie dating without adding a specific landmark claim.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the way several young men coordinate by hand, shifting from seated or dockside positions to lifting the long boat overhead.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a long wooden rowing shell, several young men, swimwear and t-shirts, a concrete dock, calm water, leafy branches, and soft film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm home-movie texture through visible grain, gentle blur, slight exposure variation, muted color, and a contact-sheet frame edge feel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, recreation cutaway, teamwork beat, or transitional memory detail in a sequence about rowing, summer, or youth leisure.
Historical context: The scene documents informal waterfront recreation and group handling of a rowing shell, with social context centered on shared physical activity rather than a named event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so copyright licensing should be considered separately from likeness or privacy review, with no visible logos or obvious private property in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s 8mm rowing dock footage, Boston home movie boat lifting, young men carrying rowboat, and vintage summer waterfront recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Boston or 1975 waterfront material, then broader rowing, dock, summer recreation, or teamwork footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1975 Boston home-movie footage, young men gather around a long wooden rowing shell beside calm water and leafy branches. — Young men position a rowing shell along the dock edge.

Young men in swimwear and t-shirts move a long rowing shell along a waterfront dock in the supplied 1975 Boston footage. — The group starts moving the long boat from the dock.

The 8mm frame shows young men gathered beside a long rowing shell on a dock, with water and overhanging leaves behind them. — The rowers pause beside the shell before lifting it higher.

In the final frame, young men lift the long rowing shell overhead on the dock, with calm water and tree leaves in the background. — The group hoists the rowing shell overhead on the dock.

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