Mississippi-1971: Two Men Out Fishing At The Lake In A Boat

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationMississippi, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Mississippi

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Two Men Out Fishing At The Lake In A Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures two men in a small motorboat on a calm lake in Mississippi. The footage shows them fishing and relaxing on the water, with a distant shoreline and buildings visible in the background. The image has a distinct greenish tint and film grain, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-1970s leisure activities and family life.

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: 124345086

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 2551 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: mississippi
Date: 1971 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: Mississippi, 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: Useful for 1970s Mississippi leisure, fishing, and small-boat recreation requests needing brief 8mm home-movie water footage.
Period detail: The 1971 date is supported by metadata, while the soft focus, handheld framing, and color shift match amateur 8mm home-movie material of the era.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged lakeside moment, with men appearing to fish and relax from a small boat rather than perform for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake water, a small motorboat, two adult men, fishing activity, distant shoreline, low buildings, and heavy film frame edges.
Film character: The scan has greenish color cast, soft exposure, visible grain, dust specks, and slight handheld instability that read as physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, or transition for fishing, lake recreation, travel, or family-history sequences.
Historical context: The footage places everyday outdoor leisure on a Mississippi lake in 1971 without supporting more specific claims about the people, site, or event.
Research note: People appear visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, likeness, and property questions remain separate.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1971 Mississippi lake fishing home movie, 8mm men in boat, vintage family footage on water, or 1970s recreational boating.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1971 Mississippi lake material, then broader 1970s fishing and boating footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Mississippi home-movie frame showing two adult men in a small boat on calm lake water, with details softened by film color shift. — Two men sit in a small boat on the lake as the film frame drifts soft and green.

Soft 1971 Mississippi lake view with rippled water and a faint distant shoreline, with no clear foreground subject in this frame. — The camera drifts across the lake surface toward a faint shoreline.

1971 Mississippi home-movie frame with two men in a small boat on lake water, seen through heavy softness, grain, and green color shift. — The boat passes through a soft, grainy lake view with the men barely resolved.

A 1971 Mississippi lake view shows rippled water and a faint shoreline, with the boat no longer clearly visible in the frame. — The shot settles on open lake water with a low shoreline beyond.

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