Illinois USA-1962: River Landscape With Boat From Moving Vehicle

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationIllinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Illinois

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River Landscape With Boat From Moving Vehicle — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene river landscape from a moving boat. Lush green trees line the riverbank under a pale sky, with distant hills visible across the water. The footage, framed by the dark edge of a window or boat structure, shows a small boat moving across the water in the final frame, with a person's head visible in the foreground. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and subtle camera movement evoke a nostalgic, personal memory of a summer outing in Illinois.

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: 123715337

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 2325 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: glenn t evans
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: moline illinois
Date: 1962 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: Illinois, 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: Suits documentary editors and education producers seeking 1960s Midwestern river recreation footage to establish period leisure or regional landscape atmosphere.
Period detail: 8mm color stock with slightly faded palette and visible grain is consistent with early 1960s home-movie film; no visible signage or vehicles to further confirm the date.
Home-movie behavior: The camera operator shoots from aboard the moving vessel, capturing the riverscape as experienced by a recreational passenger rather than staging a composed exterior shot.
What appears in frame: Wide river with lightly rippled water, dense far-bank treeline, low rolling hills, pale hazy sky, dark boat-frame border, boat wake or tow activity, and a silhouetted passenger head in the final frame.
Film character: Characteristic 8mm grain, slightly desaturated blue-green palette, and mild motion blur during panning give the footage an authentic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing cutaway or memory-beat insert for sequences evoking 1960s American family leisure, river travel, or Midwestern summer outings.
Historical context: Recreational boating on Midwestern rivers was a common family leisure activity in the early 1960s; no infrastructure or signage is visible to narrow the specific location further.
Research note: One person's head is visible and partially silhouetted in the final frame; identity cannot be confirmed from the footage, so likeness clearance should be assessed by a rights professional before commercial use.
Research search match: Researchers may query '1960s Illinois river boat', '8mm home movie river landscape', or 'vintage Midwest summer water recreation family outing'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same submitter or reel; then with Illinois or Midwest river footage from 1960–1965; then with broader 1960s family boating or summer leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame, circa 1962 Illinois — wide river with green far bank and low rolling hills, shot from aboard a moving boat. — River landscape from moving boat, Illinois, circa 1962.

8mm home movie frame, circa 1962 Illinois — river with dense green treeline and low hills on far bank under pale overcast sky. — Far-bank treeline and hills across the river, Illinois, circa 1962.

8mm home movie frame, circa 1962 Illinois — closer riverbank with trees at left, open water foreground, low hills in background. — Near riverbank with trees and open water, Illinois, circa 1962.

8mm home movie frame, circa 1962 Illinois — silhouetted passenger head in foreground, diagonal boat wake or tow activity across frame, pale overexposed sky and distant treeline. — Boat wake and silhouetted passenger, Illinois river, circa 1962.

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