Quebec Canada-1946: Two Men on Motorboat Laughing and Waving

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationQuebec, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Quebec Canada

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Two Men on Motorboat Laughing and Waving — Clip Details

QUEBEC CANADA-1946: Two men enjoy a sunny day on a small motorboat, captured on vintage 8mm film. The younger man in a brown leather jacket laughs as the older man, wearing a brown zip-up sweater, steers the boat and waves. The blue motor and gauges are visible, with water splashing behind them. The footage shows natural film grain and color fading typical of 1940s home movies, evoking a nostalgic, personal moment of leisure and camaraderie on the water.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124603900

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 1946 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: Quebec, Canada 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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1940s Quebec home-movie leisure footage, especially small-boat recreation, male friendship, and personal travel memories on the water.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, small exposed motor controls, and simple pleasure-boat setting support a mid-1940s home-movie reading in Quebec.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged laughter, casual waving, and close passenger-level view as the men acknowledge the camera while riding the boat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a small motorboat, blue water, wake, a blue motor housing with gauges, brown outerwear, hands on the boat, and a partial older face in a hat.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, color shift, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that gives the moment its physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief memory beat, leisure insert, travel cutaway, or transition into postwar family recreation and boating sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects casual private recreation on Canadian water, with men dressed for cool weather and interacting directly with the person filming.
Research note: Faces and a visible motor brand or badge require likeness and trademark review, while copyright clearance should be assessed separately from identifiable people or marks.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s Quebec home movie motorboat, vintage 8mm men boating, Canadian family travel footage, and postwar leisure on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1946 Quebec material, then broader 1940s boating, travel, and male leisure home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two adult men in jackets sit on a small motorboat in Quebec home-movie footage from 1946, with open water visible behind them. — Two men sit together on the boat as it moves across the water.

On a small motorboat in 1946 Quebec, one man laughs toward the camera while the other raises his arms with water behind them. — One man laughs while the boat operator raises his arms toward the camera.

The boat scene shifts to a closer crop of the seated men, with an older man in a white hat partly visible at the right edge. — The camera catches the riders and a partial older face near the boat side.

A blue motor or control housing with round gauges dominates the frame, with the seated boat riders partly visible behind it. — The boat's blue control housing and gauges appear in front of the seated riders.

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