Catskill New York US-1962: People Boating On Blue Lake Surrounded By Lush Trees

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCatskill, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 New York

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People Boating On Blue Lake Surrounded By Lush Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene in the Catskills. The clip opens on a dense forest of lush green trees lining the shore, then pans to reveal a calm blue lake. In the distance, two small boats with people aboard glide across the water, their forms slightly blurred by the film's age and motion. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and a nostalgic color palette, evoking a peaceful summer day of recreation. This archival clip offers authentic 1960s Americana for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

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: 123752070

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 1182 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: zoo
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: new york
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: Catskill, New York, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Catskills home-movie lake footage for editors needing recreational boating, wooded shoreline, or summer leisure cutaways.
Period detail: The visible scene offers few date-specific clues beyond the supplied 1962 home-movie metadata, with small leisure boats on a forest-edged lake.
Home-movie behavior: The distant handheld view preserves an unstaged vacation perspective as people move across the lake in small boats.
What appears in frame: The clip shows blue lake water, dense green shoreline trees, small boats, distant seated people, bright sky, and visible film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, saturated blue water, handheld framing, grain, and contact-sheet edge shadows give the footage a clear 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: Use it as a brief scenic insert, summer recreation transition, lakeside cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a Catskills or Americana sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents mid-century outdoor leisure as seen from a home-movie camera, with people boating in a wooded lake setting.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s Catskills lake boating, 8mm home movie summer recreation, wooded shoreline lake, and vintage boats on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Catskills material, then other 1962 Catskill lake scenes, then broader 1960s outdoor recreation and boating footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Catskills home-movie frame showing a forested shoreline, blue lake water, and a small distant boat at the edge of the frame. — Forested Catskills lakeshore with a small boat partly visible in the distance.

1962 Catskills lake scene with rippled blue water, dense trees, and two small boats carrying people in the distance. — Two small boats move across a blue lake below a tree-lined shore.

1962 Catskills home-movie frame showing people in a small boat crossing blue water near a wooded shoreline. — A small boat with people aboard crosses the lake near dense summer trees.

1962 Catskills frame with distant people in small boats on a blue lake, backed by a soft green wooded shoreline. — Distant boats and passengers appear against a wooded lakeshore.

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