Illinois USA-1962: Motorboat Travels Down River with Tree-Lined Banks

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

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Motorboat Travels Down River with Tree-Lined Banks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene river journey from a motorboat. The camera moves steadily forward, revealing a lush, tree-lined riverbank under a bright sky. A white and orange motorboat is visible on the shore, and a person in a white hat stands at the bow of the moving vessel. The footage features classic Super 8 grain, soft colors, and a nostalgic 1960s aesthetic, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123715581

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: A 5-second 1962 8mm river-travel shot useful for documentary B-roll on American midcentury leisure, waterway life, or regional nostalgia programs.
Period detail: The faded 8mm color palette, leisure-boat style, and unposed family recreation context are consistent with early 1960s American life; no specific era markers beyond film format are legible.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from aboard the moving vessel, the camera captures an intimate onboard POV — the filming family experiencing and recording their river outing in real time.
What appears in frame: Wide tree-lined river, calm blue-grey water surface, person in white hat at boat bow, colorful orange-and-white boat beached on far shore, dense deciduous trees, pale sky, white gunwale edge.
Film character: Characteristic 8mm grain, slightly desaturated color with warm tonal shift, and mild camera motion from filming aboard a moving vessel give the footage authentic archival texture.
Edit role: Works as a forward-traveling cutaway or transition shot, or as a memory-beat insert in a 1960s American leisure or waterway travel sequence.
Historical context: Recreational motorboating on Midwestern rivers was a common middle-class leisure activity by the early 1960s; this footage reflects that unposed family recreation culture without depicting identifiable events.
Research note: One figure is visible at the bow but appears too distant for identification; a boat beached on the far shore may constitute private property — standard editorial due diligence is advised.
Research search match: Likely found via searches for '1960s river boat travel,' 'vintage motorboat Illinois,' 'midcentury American waterway home movie,' or '8mm river footage 1962.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Illinois 1960s waterway footage, then with broader Midwestern river and lake recreation sequences from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie, 1962 Illinois — figure at bow of moving motorboat on wide river with tree-lined bank and beached colorful boat on far shore. — Onboard view from moving motorboat, Illinois river, 1962.

8mm footage at 0:02 — same 1962 Illinois river scene with person at bow and a colorful boat beached on the far tree-lined bank. — River travel continues; figure at bow, beached boat on far shore.

8mm home movie, c.1962 Illinois — forward river POV from motorboat, low wooded banks ahead, partly cloudy sky, white bow edge in frame. — Forward river view from motorboat bow, Illinois, c.1962.

Final frame of 8mm Illinois river clip, c.1962 — open waterway ahead, tree-lined banks, white boat bow edge, cloud-tinged sky. — Open river ahead; tree-lined banks and motorboat bow, c.1962.

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