Idaho USA-1963: Speedboat Cuts Through Mountain Lake with High Waves

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

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Speedboat Cuts Through Mountain Lake with High Waves — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a speedboat slicing through a lake surrounded by tall, rocky hills in Idaho. The grainy, purple-tinted footage shows the boat creating white splashes and waves as it moves at high speed. The camera appears to be mounted on another vessel, offering a dynamic, slightly shaky perspective of the action. The rugged mountain landscape and the energetic watercraft convey a sense of adventure and outdoor recreation from the early 1960s.

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: 124934922

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Idaho lake recreation footage for edits needing a brief home-movie view of speed boating, spray, and mountain water travel.
Period detail: The 8mm color, small motorboat profile, and lakeside leisure setting may show early-1960s outdoor recreation as described in the reel metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged boat-to-boat viewpoint, with the camera following a fast craft as it throws spray across the lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a speedboat, white wake, choppy lake surface, rocky shoreline, steep green hills, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, purple color shift, gate shadows, and shaky exposure that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick cutaway, movement insert, or transition beat for lake travel, summer recreation, or vintage boating sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects private leisure boating in a rugged Idaho lake landscape without showing identifiable landmarks or organized events.
Research note: People appear only as small boat occupants, so likeness review may still be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or location concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1963 Idaho lake speedboat, 8mm home movie boating, vintage motorboat wake, and 1960s mountain lake recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other Idaho 1963 lake material, then broader 1960s boating and outdoor recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Idaho 8mm frame of a small speedboat crossing a lake, with white spray against a steep wooded shoreline. — A speedboat throws spray across the lake near a dark, rocky hillside.

1963 Idaho home-movie frame showing a distant speedboat and foamy wake on a mountain lake. — The boat runs along the far side of the lake with wake spreading behind it.

8mm frame from 1963 Idaho showing a speedboat partly hidden by spray on a lake beneath forested hills. — Spray briefly obscures the boat as it cuts across the water.

1963 Idaho lake view from a moving boat, showing water, rocky shore, and steep wooded hills. — The camera passes a rocky shoreline after the speedboat action.

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