Tampa Florida USA-1960: Motorboat on River Channel

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationTampa, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 · Tampa, Florida, United States

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Motorboat on River Channel — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a serene waterway in Tampa, Florida. The footage shows a white motorboat gliding along a calm channel, passing a modern waterfront building with palm trees and other boats docked nearby. The scene is viewed through a dark frame, suggesting it was filmed from a window or boat, with a grainy, slightly faded color palette typical of Super 8 film. The tranquil atmosphere evokes mid-century American leisure and coastal life.

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: 123743853

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1121 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: trip to florida,nassau,browns hotel,spring,woodpecker build nest,tree,catfish caught river,flowers,tulip
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: florida,nassau
Date: 1960 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: Tampa, Florida, 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: Supports requests for 1960s Tampa waterfront, boating, and mid-century leisure footage for documentary inserts or regional archive sequences.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century marina architecture, sailboats, palm trees, and a calm Florida channel consistent with the supplied 1960 Tampa metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, likely filmed from a shaded boat or window while passing waterfront docks.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white boats, sailboat masts, a waterfront building, palm trees, dock pilings, blue channel water, shaded frame edges, and shoreline trees.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild color fade, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, waterfront cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a Florida sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects recreational boating and waterfront development in a Florida coastal setting without identifying a specific marina or building.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960 Tampa 8mm boating footage, Florida channel home movie, mid-century marina, waterfront docks, and vintage river boat scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1960 Tampa footage, then broader Florida boating, marina, river, and coastal recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Tampa home-movie frame showing docked boats, a waterfront building, palm trees, and shaded framing across a channel. — Docked boats and a modern waterfront building viewed from across the channel.
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1960 Tampa waterfront view with several boats moored near a low modern building, framed by dark film edges. — Moored boats and sailboat masts line the waterfront in Tampa.
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1960 Tampa channel scene with sailboats, dock pilings, palm trees, and a waterfront building in soft 8mm color. — A line of boats sits along the dock as the camera passes on the channel.
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1960 Tampa home-movie frame showing a wooded shoreline and calm water after the waterfront boat views. — The view shifts to a tree-lined bank along the waterway.
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