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Moscow Russia-1983: A Man Fishing By The Lake With The Boat

  • Year1983
  • Decade1980s
  • LocationMoscow, Russia
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1983 Russia
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A Man Fishing By The Lake With The Boat — Clip Details

A man stands waist-deep in a calm lake, casting a fishing line under a bright sky, with sunlight glinting off the water's surface. The scene, shot on 8mm film in 1983, captures a quiet moment of solitude in a natural setting, with driftwood and reeds visible along the shoreline. The footage transitions to a small motorboat with a canvas cover moored near the bank, its reflection rippling in the water. The grainy, monochrome aesthetic and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, home movie feel, characteristic of amateur 8mm recordings from the early 1980s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
124820481

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: 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
1983 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
Moscow, Russia 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

  • man
  • fishing
  • lake
  • boat
  • wild
  • animals
  • wildlife
  • moscow russia
  • 1983
  • 1983 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Moscow Russia fishing
  • lake fishing scene
  • 8mm home movie
  • archival footage
  • retro fishing
  • vintage fishing
  • 1980s home movie
  • black and white film
  • outdoor recreation
  • motorboat on lake
  • 8mm film grain
  • nostalgic footage
  • vintage lake scene
  • fishing in USSR
  • 1980s Russia
  • amateur film
  • historical footage
  • documentary style

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1983 Moscow-region home-movie lake footage suited for documentary inserts about leisure, fishing, small boats, and everyday outdoor life in the early 1980s.
Period detail
The soft monochrome 8mm scan, small covered motorboat, and informal lakeside framing support an early-1980s home-movie reading without identifying a specific lake or landmark.
Home-movie behavior
The clip preserves an unstaged pause: a lone adult fishes from shallow water before the camera shifts to a moored boat near the bank.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a standing fisherman, bright lake glare, reeds, driftwood, a low shoreline, a small motorboat, canvas cover, and water reflections.
Film character
Grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, frame edges, and handheld composition give the footage a tactile amateur 8mm archive texture.
Edit role
Editors could use this as a quiet cutaway, memory beat, or transition between broader scenes of Soviet-era travel, recreation, waterways, or family-film observation.
Historical context
The footage shows ordinary lakeside recreation near Moscow in 1983, with no visible landmark or event tying it to a specific public occasion.
Research note
An adult person is visible at a distance and a boat marking may be present, so likeness and brand or registration review should be separated from copyright assessment.
Research search match
Useful matches include 1983 Moscow lake fishing home movie, Soviet-era 8mm boat footage, early 1980s waterfront recreation, and man fishing in calm water.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1983 Moscow-area outdoor footage, then with lake, fishing, boating, and quiet recreation themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A distant man appears to fish while standing waist-deep in a calm Moscow-area lake in 1983 home-movie footage.
A lone figure stands in shallow water near reeds and driftwood as sunlight reflects across the lake.
The fisherman remains in the lake, partly silhouetted against bright water, with reeds and driftwood along the frame edge.
The standing fisherman is silhouetted against rippling water near shoreline vegetation.
A small motorboat with a canvas cover sits close to the bank, its pale hull reflected in the water.
A covered motorboat rests near the shoreline, with its reflection visible below the hull.
The camera holds on the moored covered boat by the lakeshore, with rippled reflections and soft 8mm framing.
The moored boat remains near the shore as small ripples break up its reflection.

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