Dade County Florida-1955: View Of A High Standard House From A Boat Passing In A

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

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View Of A High Standard House From A Boat Passing In A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of a white, high-standard house with a screened porch and dock on a waterfront in Dade County, Florida. The camera moves steadily from left to right, revealing palm trees swaying gently against an overcast sky. The footage shows a classic mid-century Florida residence with a white fence and a boat access dock, offering a nostalgic glimpse into 1950s coastal living. The image quality reflects the era’s film stock, with soft focus, natural color tones, and subtle grain, evoking a sense of quiet, everyday life. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling about American suburban history.

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: 123384729

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 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: This 1955 Dade County 8mm clip supports archival requests for mid-century Florida waterfront housing, boat-view travel footage, and quiet suburban or coastal establishing material.
Period detail: The screened porch, low waterfront house, dock pilings, white fence, and palms may show mid-1950s South Florida residential design and canal-side living.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to pass by from a boat, giving the clip the observational feel of a visitor recording scenery rather than a staged property view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white waterfront house, screened porch, dock, fence posts, seawall, palm trees, calm water, and overcast sky.
Film character: Soft 8mm focus, muted color, light grain, gate edges, and handheld motion give the short view a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an exterior insert, location transition, canal-travel cutaway, or quiet memory beat for 1950s Florida domestic life.
Historical context: The clip visually places a waterfront residence within a palm-lined South Florida setting, useful for illustrating leisure, housing, and boat-access neighborhoods without making broader claims.
Research note: No people, logos, or music are visible or indicated, but copyright status and any property-identification concerns should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1955 Dade County Florida 8mm waterfront house, Miami-area canal home movie, mid-century Florida dock, and boat passing residence.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Dade County or 1955 Florida footage, then broader themes of waterfront homes, boat travel, and mid-century leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County, Florida view from a boat of a white waterfront house with screened porch, palms, seawall, and calm water. — A boat passes a white waterfront residence with a screened porch and palms behind it.

Boat-level 1955 Dade County view of a white canal-side house with screened porch, dock pilings, palms, and a pale cloudy sky. — The waterfront house remains centered as dock pilings and palms come into clearer view.

1955 Dade County waterfront residence seen from a moving boat, with screened windows, dock structure, fence posts, palms, and still water. — The passing view shows the residence stretched along the waterline with dock structures in front.

Final 1955 Dade County boat-view frame of a white waterfront house partly obscured by dock posts, fence details, palms, greenery, and water. — Dock posts and a white fence frame the waterfront residence as the boat continues past.

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