Ontario Canada-1958: Man On Boat

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationOntario, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Ontario Canada

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Man On Boat — Clip Details

A man in a white polo shirt and straw hat enjoys a sunny day on a motorboat in Ontario, Canada, in 1958. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures him looking out over the blue water, with other boats visible in the distance. The warm, slightly faded colors and natural film grain evoke a nostalgic, classic home movie feel. This vintage 1950s clip shows a leisurely boating trip on a calm day, with gentle waves and clear skies. The handheld camera movement adds to the authentic, personal quality of the archival footage.

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: 123611542

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

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: 1958 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: Ontario, Canada 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: Useful for 1950s Canadian leisure, boating, summer travel, and home-movie sequences needing a brief on-water personal moment.
Period detail: The visible 8mm color footage may show late-1950s recreational boating, with casual knit clothing, small motorboats, open water, and handheld family filming.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged vacation feel, with a man standing close to the camera while nearby boats pass across the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a white shirt, blue open water, small motorboats, seated passengers, wake trails, clear sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries a 1950s home-movie texture through soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a cutaway, memory beat, travel insert, or transition within a sequence about summer boating or lakeside recreation.
Historical context: The scene documents casual mid-century leisure on Canadian water without identifying a specific lake, marina, family, or boating event from the frames alone.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from depicted-person clearance.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1958 Ontario 8mm boating, Canadian home movie lake trip, vintage motorboat footage, or 1950s summer leisure on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Ontario 1958 material, then broader 1950s boating, lake travel, and family vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A man in a white shirt stands close to the camera during a 1958 Ontario boating scene, with blue water visible behind him. — Man standing near the camera aboard a boat on open water.

A small motorboat with passengers appears on blue water in the 1958 Ontario home-movie boating footage. — Motorboat passing at a distance across open water.

A small motorboat with passengers crosses the water in the Ontario boating footage, with another boat visible nearby. — Passengers ride in a small motorboat as it moves across the water.

A distant motorboat with passengers leaves a wake across open water in the 1958 Ontario home-movie scene. — Distant motorboat traveling across the water with other boats beyond it.

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