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Ontario Canada-1958: Man Steering Boat On Calm Waters

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

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Man Steering Boat On Calm Waters — Clip Details

A man in a white collared shirt, straw hat, and sunglasses steers a small boat on calm blue waters in this 1958 8mm home movie. Shot from the side, the footage captures his focused expression as he operates the outboard motor. The scene transitions to a wider view showing another boat in the distance, evoking a sense of peaceful summer recreation. The warm color palette and film grain enhance the nostalgic, vintage feel of this archival Super 8 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
123611636

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: Yes
  • 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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Topics & Keywords

  • sea
  • boats
  • ships
  • man
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  • boat
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  • man steering boat
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  • summer boating
  • retro home movie
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  • nostalgic water scene
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  • vintage Super 8
  • old film
  • classic boating
  • 1950s lifestyle
  • vintage water footage
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  • 1958 vintage footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Supports requests for 1950s Ontario home-movie boating footage for documentary inserts, recreation sequences, or memory-driven archival transitions.
Period detail
The man's straw hat, white collared shirt, sunglasses, and visible outboard motor may show mid-century leisure boating details in a Canadian lakeside setting.
Home-movie behavior
The clip preserves an unstaged passenger-side view of a man steering a small boat, with attention shifting from the operator to open water and another boat nearby.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include the seated man, straw hat, white shirt, sunglasses, outboard motor, boat hardware, blue water, and a distant small boat.
Film character
The 8mm scan has warm color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that give the scene recognizable home-movie texture.
Edit role
Editors can use this as a short boating insert, lakeside recreation cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition from close human activity to open water.
Historical context
The footage visually situates summer leisure around small motorboats and calm water in Ontario without identifying the specific lake or outing.
Research note
A recognizable adult face and a visible outboard motor marking may require likeness and brand review separate from copyright licensing.
Research search match
Useful searches include 1950s Ontario boating home movie, 8mm man steering boat, vintage lake recreation footage, and small motorboat on calm water.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with 1958 Ontario lake scenes, and then with broader mid-century boating or summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1958 Ontario 8mm frame, a man in a white shirt sits at the side of a small boat near an outboard motor on calm blue water.
A seated man is framed close beside the boat's outboard motor.
A 1958 Ontario boating frame shows a man in a straw hat and white shirt looking across the water while seated near the motor.
The boat operator looks out over the water from beside the motor.
The home-movie frame shows the man holding a boat control or tiller near the outboard motor as calm water fills the background.
A close view catches the operator's hands and boat controls.
A wider 1958 Ontario lake view shows a small boat moving across calm blue water under a clear sky.
The scene opens to a distant boat crossing the water.

Visually Similar Clips

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