Venice Italy-1962: Man Rowing Boat Through Historic Canal

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationVenice, Italy
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Venice Italy

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Man Rowing Boat Through Historic Canal — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene canal in Venice, Italy. A man in a light-colored shirt and dark pants rows a small boat through the waterway, passing traditional stone buildings and a striped mooring post. The footage shows a narrow canal with rippling water reflecting the soft light, a small arched bridge visible in the distance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, a cool purple-blue color cast, and the authentic look of a personal travel recording from the early 1960s. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of daily life and transportation in Venice.

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: 124811029

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 1712 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: vatican visit to pope,lg fountain
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: rome,italy
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: Venice, Italy 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: Useful for 1960s documentary or editorial needs showing everyday canal movement in Venice from amateur 8mm travel footage.
Period detail: The masonry canal edges, striped mooring posts, small arched bridge, and rowed boat may show mid-century Venice as seen by a visitor in 1962.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, watching a man row through a quiet canal without staging or apparent direction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling canal water, stone building facades, striped mooring posts, a small arched bridge, a rowboat, and narrow waterways.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows pronounced grain, cool purple-blue color shift, soft exposure, and handheld framing consistent with personal travel film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a Venice establishing cutaway, travel-memory insert, transition beat, or quiet transportation detail.
Historical context: The footage records canal travel and built waterfront texture in Venice without making claims about a specific landmark or event.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so copyright, likeness, and location review should remain separate before commercial or sensitive use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Venice canal 8mm, vintage Italy home movie boat, man rowing in Venice, and 1960s European travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Venice or Italy footage from 1962, then broader canal, boat, and European travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Venice canal view with rippling water, stone facades, striped mooring posts, and the edge of a small boat in frame. — A narrow Venice canal reflects light beside stone buildings and striped posts.

Venice canal scene from 1962 with reflective water, stone architecture, and striped mooring posts along the edge. — Reflected light shimmers across a canal lined by stone buildings.

1962 Venice view down a narrow canal toward a small arched bridge, with water reflecting pale light between buildings. — A small arched bridge appears at the end of a narrow Venice canal.

In 1962 Venice, a man appears to row a small boat along a narrow canal bordered by stone buildings and a small arched bridge. — A rower moves a small boat through a narrow canal beside historic buildings.

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