Grand Canyon Arizona-1972: Motorboat Departs Marina On Gloomy Day

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationGrand Canyon, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Motorboat Departs Marina On Gloomy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a small motorboat departing from a marina on a cloudy, overcast day. The boat, white with a blue stripe, moves across the water, leaving a wake as it navigates past moored sailboats and docks. In the background, a dense forest and distant hills frame the harbor, with a few people visible on the pier. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, authentic 1970s family vacation feel.

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: 124570777

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: 1970s 8mm home-movie footage of a small motorboat leaving a marina, useful for documentary or educational edits needing period leisure travel and waterfront transit.
Period detail: The small cabin motorboat, dense marina slips, sailboat masts, muted color, and soft 8mm rendering may show early 1970s recreational boating culture.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing follows the boat from a visitor or family viewpoint, giving the scene an unstaged vacation-record quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorboat with canopy, marina docks, moored sailboats, tall masts, calm water, wake trails, shoreline buildings, and an overcast sky.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, low-contrast exposure, gate edges, and handheld drift that read as authentic scanned home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a waterfront cutaway, travel transition, marina establishing insert, or quiet memory beat in a 1970s vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational boating at a marina in the supplied Grand Canyon, Arizona context without showing identifiable landmarks in these frames.
Research note: People are flagged as visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or audible music are indicated, and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Good matches include 1972 8mm marina motorboat, vintage home movie boat departing dock, overcast 1970s boating footage, and Grand Canyon Arizona water recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Grand Canyon Arizona material, then broader 1970s home-movie boating or marina scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm frame of a small white motorboat leaving a marina, with docks, moored sailboats, masts, and overcast water visible. — A small motorboat pulls away from the marina as sailboats and docks fill the background.

1972 8mm frame showing the motorboat farther across the marina, leaving a faint wake below rows of moored sailboats. — The boat continues across the harbor water with dense sailboat masts behind it.

Soft 8mm frame of the motorboat passing through marina water, with moored sailboats and docks across the background. — The handheld camera tracks the boat as it passes in front of the marina slips.

1972 8mm frame with the motorboat exiting left, open water in the foreground, and a crowded marina under gray sky. — The boat slips out of frame, leaving the marina and open water as the final view.

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