Moscow Russia-1971: Yellow Hydrofoil Boat Speeding Across Lake On Sunny Day

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationMoscow, Russia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 in Russia

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Yellow Hydrofoil Boat Speeding Across Lake On Sunny Day — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Moscow, Russia, in 1971 captures a yellow hydrofoil boat speeding across a lake on a bright, sunny day. The boat, with its distinctive yellow and white color scheme, cuts through the water, leaving a white wake behind. Lush green trees line the shoreline under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including slight grain, color shifts, and a soft focus, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and mid-20th century leisure. The camera remains relatively stable, tracking the hydrofoil's movement.

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: 124885401

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: 1971 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

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 1970s Soviet leisure or transport sequences needing archival 8mm footage of a hydrofoil moving across water near Moscow.
Period detail: The yellow-and-white passenger hydrofoil, soft color palette, and 8mm texture support an early 1970s setting without visible signage or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, following the boat from shore as it passes across the water rather than staging the action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow hydrofoil, white wake, broad lake surface, tree-lined shore, blue sky, film gate edges, and a small visible passenger or crew figure.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color shift toward blue-purple, rounded frame edges, and minor exposure variation that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief insert, travel transition, transport cutaway, or memory beat within a Moscow or Soviet-era recreation sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows recreational or passenger water travel in a leafy waterside setting, offering social context without identifying a specific route or landmark.
Research note: A person appears on or near the hydrofoil, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 Moscow 8mm hydrofoil footage, Soviet lake boat home movie, yellow passenger hydrofoil, and vintage water transport cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Moscow 1971 waterfront footage, then broader 1970s leisure, transport, or boat travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Moscow home-movie frame showing a yellow hydrofoil crossing water with a white wake and tree-lined shoreline. — A yellow hydrofoil speeds across the lake, leaving a bright wake against the wooded shore.

The yellow hydrofoil continues across the lake near Moscow, with its wake spreading behind it and trees in the background. — The hydrofoil moves farther across open water, framed by trees and visible film gate edges.

A 1971 Moscow 8mm frame shows the yellow hydrofoil crossing the lake under blue-purple sky and dense shoreline trees. — The boat crosses left to right through a soft, grainy home-movie frame.

The yellow hydrofoil faces nearer to camera on the lake, with a small person visible along its side and trees behind. — The hydrofoil approaches more directly, with a small figure visible near the side of the vessel.

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