Moscow Russia-1983: Man Fishing by Lake with Boat

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Year1983
Decade1980s
LocationMoscow, Russia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1983 Russia

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Man Fishing by Lake with 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 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: 124820481

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1983 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: Moscow, Russia 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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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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