Washington USA-1963: Sailing On A Boat While Crashing Through Waves Of Water

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Sailing On A Boat While Crashing Through Waves Of Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a boat navigating turbulent waters, crashing through churning waves with a strong sense of motion. The footage, filmed from a moving vessel, shows a dark, rocky shoreline in the background under a dim, overcast sky. The entire scene is bathed in a deep blue-purple tint, characteristic of aged Super 8 film, with visible grain and slight camera shake. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century boating adventures, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124935929

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 1708 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: 6.5 to dc with my father
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: hawaii,arizona,washington dc
Date: 1963 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Washington, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: 1960s Washington 8mm boating footage for productions needing an archival travel, recreation, or rough-water cutaway.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century home-movie view from a small boat, with shoreline and water detail but no identifiable landmarks visible.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld viewpoint feels like a passenger filming from a moving vessel as the boat meets choppy water near shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue-tinted water, foamy wave patterns, a curved boat edge, dark shoreline, rocky or wooded bank, film grain, and contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, blue-purple color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld motion typical of aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for travel, boating, weather, or Pacific Northwest recreation sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents recreational boating from a personal-film perspective, with the landscape more visible than any people or vessel details.
Research note: Metadata flags people visible, so likeness review may be needed even though these stills do not show identifiable faces; copyright, privacy, and property rights remain separate checks.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1963 Washington 8mm boat footage, home movie rough water, vintage boating waves, and Pacific Northwest shoreline film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1963 Washington boating material, then broader vintage rough-water or shoreline travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Washington 8mm frame showing turbulent water near a dark shoreline from a moving boat viewpoint. — Choppy water and shoreline pass beside the boat in blue-tinted 8mm footage.

1963 Washington home-movie frame of rough water along a boat side, with dark shore or bank beyond. — The boat moves past rippled water and a shadowed shoreline.

Blue-shifted 8mm frame showing a moving boat edge and churning water near a dark Washington shoreline. — A low passenger view catches the boat cutting through uneven water.

Final 1963 Washington frame with rough water, a boat edge, and a dark shoreline in soft blue-purple 8mm color. — Rough water runs alongside the boat as the shoreline remains in shadow.

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