Catskill New York-1957: A Man Fixing His Boat With A Bird Flying

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationCatskill, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Catskill New York

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A Man Fixing His Boat With A Bird Flying — Clip Details

CATSKILL NEW YORK-1957: A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers leans over the deck of a small boat, appearing to adjust or fix something near the engine compartment. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the man's focused expression as he works, with a small boat visible nearby on the water. The scene transitions to a view of the shoreline, showing a rocky bank with a small house and large industrial tanks in the distance. A bird flies across the water, adding motion to the tranquil, sun-drenched setting. The warm, slightly faded colors and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, authentic 1950s home movie feel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123442834

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1256 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #8
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1957 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: Catskill, New York, 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: A 1950s American waterfront home-movie clip useful for period leisure, small-craft maintenance, and industrial-waterfront sequences in documentary or editorial productions.
Period detail: The man's white short-sleeved shirt, dark slacks, and varnished wooden boat deck suggest mid-1950s leisure culture; large cylindrical tanks on the opposite shore may reflect post-war industrial waterfront development.
Home-movie behavior: A family member filmed a man working on his boat; in frame 1 the subject looks candidly up at the camera, an unstaged moment documenting everyday mid-century recreational boating life.
What appears in frame: Middle-aged man in white shirt over a varnished wooden boat deck, open engine hatch, calm water surface, rocky far bank, large white cylindrical storage tanks, small shoreline building, and pale summer sky.
Film character: 8mm color stock shows warm Kodachrome-era saturation, visible grain, and slight exposure variation; the handheld pan from close subject to open water horizon preserves authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: Useful as a close-action insert for boat-maintenance or labor sequences and as a cutaway transition to an industrial-waterfront wide shot in 1950s Americana documentary edits.
Historical context: The large cylindrical tanks visible across the water may indicate a fuel depot or industrial facility, juxtaposing private leisure boating with industrial infrastructure common along mid-century American waterways.
Research note: One adult male face is clearly visible and unidentified; editorial or documentary use should consider whether additional clearance is needed; no legible logos or private-property signage are discernible.
Research search match: Likely found via searches for '1950s boat repair home movie,' 'upstate New York waterfront 8mm,' 'man fixing boat 1950s,' or 'mid-century American leisure boating.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this reel or the Catskill 1957 session; then with 1950s upstate New York river footage; then with mid-century small-craft or leisure-boating clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Middle-aged man bends over the varnished deck of a small wooden motorboat near an open engine hatch; water and distant shoreline visible behind, consistent with a 1957 Catskill, New York setting. — A man concentrates on work near the engine hatch of a small wooden boat on a sunny day.

Middle-aged man looks directly at the camera while leaning over a small wooden boat; a rocky bank and distant structures are visible behind, consistent with a 1950s upstate New York waterway. — The man pauses to glance up at the camera — a candid, unstaged home-movie moment.

View across calm water toward a rocky, debris-strewn bank; large white cylindrical storage tanks and a small building with green roof are visible on the far shore, possibly Catskill, New York, circa 1957. — A pan from the boat reveals an industrial waterfront across the water on a clear day.

Continued view across calm water toward a rocky shoreline; cylindrical storage tanks and a small building remain visible on the far bank, consistent with footage labeled Catskill, New York, 1957. — The camera holds on the industrial waterfront, storage tanks prominent on the opposite shore.

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