Idaho USA-1963: Motorboat Cruising Mountain Lake with Rocky Shores

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 Idaho

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Motorboat Cruising Mountain Lake with Rocky Shores — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a small motorboat navigating choppy waters of a mountain lake in Idaho. The boat, carrying several passengers in casual summer attire, moves through the waves with a rocky mountainside rising in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and a distinct purple color cast, viewed through the frame of a projector. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century outdoor recreation and family adventure.

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: 124934905

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: 1963 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: Idaho, United States 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 1960s archival requests needing Idaho lake recreation, small motorboat travel, or home-movie outdoor leisure footage for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s recreational boating, with a small open motorboat, casual passengers, and undeveloped rocky mountain lake surroundings visible in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the boat from another moving craft, giving the scene an unstaged family-travel perspective across choppy water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat, several distant passengers, wake spray, choppy lake water, steep rocky hillsides, and dark projector-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, soft focus, handheld movement, projector gate edges, and a purple-blue color cast that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century outdoor travel, boating, lakeside vacation, or rugged mountain scenery.
Historical context: The footage reflects recreational boating in a mountainous lake setting, with the social detail limited to distant passengers and a visitor-shot viewpoint.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1963 Idaho 8mm lake boating, vintage mountain lake motorboat, 1960s home movie water recreation, or choppy lake travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then with Idaho or 1963 outdoor travel material, then with broader vintage boating and mountain lake scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Idaho home-movie frame showing a small motorboat moving across choppy lake water below steep rocky hillsides. — A distant motorboat moves through rough lake water beneath mountain slopes.

Distant motorboat on an Idaho mountain lake, seen from another moving boat with a blurred foreground rail or hull edge. — The boat continues across the waves, framed by another vessel in the foreground.

A small motorboat travels away across rough Idaho lake water, with a rocky shoreline and steep hillside in the background. — The motorboat recedes across the lake toward the base of a rocky slope.

End frame of a distant motorboat leaving wake on a mountain lake in Idaho, with steep hills and projector-frame edges visible. — The boat grows smaller in the distance as its wake spreads across the lake.

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