Dade County Florida-1955: White Boat Docked at Wooden Pier

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

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White Boat Docked at Wooden Pier — Clip Details

DADE COUNTY FLORIDA-1955: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a tranquil waterfront scene with a white boat docked at a wooden pier. A man in light-colored clothing stands on the dock, while lush palm trees and tropical foliage frame the shallow, greenish water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and saturated colors, transitioning to a mysterious, dark sequence with glowing blue and green patterns, possibly a projection or abstract effect. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century Florida life, perfect for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123382194

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: Useful for 1950s Florida home-movie requests needing waterfront leisure, small-boat, tropical foliage, or abstract film-leader style inserts.
Period detail: The docked small boat, palm-lined shoreline, and saturated 8mm color may show mid-century Dade County waterfront recreation or residential waterside scenery.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a casual home-movie vantage point, moving from a quiet dock scene into dark, abstract color patterns without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white boat, shallow green water, palm trunks, dense tropical foliage, a dock or shoreline edge, and later blue-green abstract shapes.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, saturated blue-green color, uneven exposure, and contact-print darkness that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief waterfront cutaway, Florida memory beat, tropical establishing insert, or transition into an abstract archival passage.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a small boat and waterside vegetation in Dade County, suggesting everyday recreational or residential waterfront life without identifying a specific site.
Research note: A person is flagged in the clip metadata, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s Dade County boat dock, Florida 8mm waterfront home movie, palm-lined lake boat, and abstract blue green film frames may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Dade County waterfront footage, then broader Florida boats, palms, and home-movie water scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County home-movie frame showing a white boat near shallow green water, with palm trunks and tropical foliage in view. — A white boat sits near the shoreline, partly framed by palms and green water.

A very dark 8mm frame with blue and green abstract patches, possibly foliage or projection-like exposure artifacts. — The picture shifts into a dark blue-green abstract passage with little recognizable detail.

Blue and green abstract 8mm imagery fills the frame, with heavy grain, soft focus, and no clearly identifiable subject. — A saturated blue-green abstract frame appears after the waterfront view.

Dark blue-green 8mm frame with a waterlike area and bright irregular shapes along one side, details indistinct. — The final frame remains dark and abstract, with bright blue-green forms along the edge.

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