Versailles France-1962: Person Canoeing On Lake Approaching Shoreline

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Person Canoeing On Lake Approaching Shoreline — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a person canoeing on a calm lake in Versailles, France. The footage shows a lone individual paddling a small canoe across rippling water, with the camera following their movement. In later frames, the canoe approaches a concrete shoreline where another man in a blue swimsuit stands watching. The scene is bathed in a distinct purple-blue tint typical of aged film, with visible grain and slight motion blur. The overall mood is nostalgic and leisurely, evoking mid-century recreational life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124811462

Rights & Clearance

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 1710 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: convention,parade
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: cannes,france,nice
Date: 1962 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Versailles, France Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 European leisure, home-movie recreation, or documentary cutaways of canoeing on water in Versailles, France.
Period detail: The brief swimwear, small canoe, and handheld 8mm color look may show early-1960s vacation or leisure filming rather than a formal event.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie feel, following a canoeist across open water and ending near a man waiting at the shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling lake water, a small canoe, a paddler, a concrete shoreline, a man in a blue swimsuit, leafy branches, and soft film edges.
Film character: The scan carries a purple-blue aged-film cast, visible grain, gate edges, mild blur, and handheld framing consistent with 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, leisure cutaway, transition to lakeside activity, or insert for mid-century travel footage.
Historical context: The scene documents casual outdoor recreation in Versailles, with adults swimming or canoeing in a quiet lakeside setting.
Research note: People are visible, including a swimsuit-clad man and a canoeist, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright assessment.
Research search match: Researchers may find this under 1960s 8mm France home movie, Versailles lake canoeing, vintage lakeside leisure, or mid-century summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1962 Versailles footage, then with broader vintage canoeing, lakeside swimming, or European vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Distant canoeist paddling across rippling water in 1962 Versailles home-movie footage. — A lone canoeist moves across the lake, seen from a distance through aged 8mm color film.

A small canoe with one paddler moves across the lake in Versailles, France, seen in a wide 8mm frame. — The canoeist continues across the calm, rippled lake surface.

Wide home-movie view of a canoeist partly distant on the rippling lake water in Versailles. — The paddler remains far from shore, with the frame dominated by moving water.

Canoe near a concrete shoreline in Versailles as a man in a blue swimsuit watches from the edge. — The canoe reaches shore while a swimsuit-clad man stands nearby, with leafy branches above the water.

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