Dade County Florida-1955: People Boarding Small Boats

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationDade, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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People Boarding Small Boats — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage footage captures a sunny day at a waterfront dock in Dade County, Florida. White passenger boats with open sides are moored at a covered pier, where people in 1950s attire board and gather. The water reflects the boats and surrounding palm trees, with a classic mid-century American leisure atmosphere. The film shows natural motion and the characteristic grain and color shifts of Super 8 home movie footage, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, nostalgic content, or history 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: 123382109

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 1573 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1955
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1955 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: Dade, Florida, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Helps source 1950s Dade County waterfront leisure footage for documentary, museum, education, or period transition use.
Period detail: The small passenger boats, covered pier, palm trees, and visible 1950s attire support a mid-century Florida leisure setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie view of visitors gathering and boarding boats without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white passenger boats, a covered dock, people waiting or boarding, calm water reflections, palm trees, and strong sun.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and color shifts that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, travel transition, waterfront cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century Florida recreation.
Historical context: The footage shows public waterfront transport or leisure activity in Dade County, with boats and dockside crowds suggesting casual visitor movement.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos appear, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted rights.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s Florida boat dock, Dade County home movie, 8mm waterfront boarding, and mid-century passenger boats.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Dade County 1955 waterfront material, then broader Florida boating or leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 8mm frame showing bright rippled water below a dark mass of shoreline vegetation or shadow. — Rippled water and dark shoreline detail open the waterfront sequence.

1955 Dade County waterfront view with people on a covered pier beside a white open-sided passenger boat. — Passengers gather near a covered pier as a small white boat waits alongside.

White passenger boat at a Dade County dock, with visitors standing along the pier and water reflecting the hull. — A docked passenger boat fills the frame while people wait along the pier.

Broadside view of a white passenger boat at a sunny Dade County pier, with people visible under the covered dock. — The boat turns or drifts into a broadside view beside the shaded waterfront structure.

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