Miami Florida-1956: Man Fishing At Lake With Motorboat

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationMiami, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 in Florida

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Man Fishing At Lake With Motorboat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures a man in a plaid shirt and hat crouching at the rocky edge of a lake in Miami, Florida. He appears to be handling a fishing rod, creating ripples in the water as a small motorboat rests nearby on the shore. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment of mid-century American leisure. The scene is framed by pine branches, adding to the rustic, personal feel of the archival clip.

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: 124606934

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: 1956 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: Miami, Florida, 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: Useful for 1950s home-movie requests needing casual outdoor leisure, fishing, lakefront recreation, or Miami-area family archive texture.
Period detail: The plaid shirt, small outboard motorboat, and soft 8mm color may show mid-century recreational boating and fishing habits.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie feel as a man crouches by the water and handles fishing gear while the camera observes from nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a crouching man, plaid shirt, brimmed hat, rocky shoreline, rippling lake water, pine branches, a coiled line, and a small motorboat.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, exposure variation, and handheld framing that give it physical archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for fishing, boating, vacation, or mid-century leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday outdoor recreation in a home-movie setting, with the lake edge and boat suggesting informal waterside activity rather than a staged event.
Research note: A visible adult figure may require likeness review, while copyright, location, and property questions should be assessed separately from the absence of visible logos.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s 8mm fishing footage, Miami lake home movie, man with motorboat, vintage outdoor recreation, or family vacation boating.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1956 Miami footage, then broader 1950s fishing, boating, and lakeside leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Miami home-movie frame showing a small motorboat near a rocky lake edge with ripples and pine branches. — A small motorboat rests near the shore as ripples spread across the lake.

1956 Miami frame with a man in a plaid shirt crouching at the lake edge beside a small motorboat. — A man crouches near the water while a small motorboat sits just off to the side.

1956 Miami home-movie frame showing a crouching man at a rocky lake shore with rippling water nearby. — The man remains crouched by the lake edge, partly framed by branches and shoreline plants.

1956 Miami frame showing a man crouched at the lake edge, reaching toward the water with a motorboat nearby. — The man reaches toward the water as ripples spread near the shoreline and boat.

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