Washington USA-1963: Person Navigating Small Boat Through River Rapids

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Person Navigating Small Boat Through River Rapids — Clip Details

A person navigates a small boat through turbulent rapids on a river at night in Washington, USA, captured on 8mm film in 1963. The footage shows churning water under a dark sky, with the boat moving steadily through the currents. The scene is illuminated by a cool blue tint, likely from a flashlight or ambient light, creating a moody, atmospheric effect. The rocky riverbank looms in the background, and the handheld camera captures the motion and intensity of the journey. This vintage home movie offers a rare glimpse of nighttime river recreation from the early 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124935936

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: 1963 Washington 8mm footage supports documentary or museum edits needing brief nighttime river recreation, boating through rapids, or turbulent water atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames may show early-1960s home-movie filming with a small boat edge, dark riverbank, blue exposure, and no visible modern signage or equipment.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, with the camera riding close to the water as someone moves through fast current in low light.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include churning rapids, a curved boat edge, dark rocky banks, blue-tinted water, foam trails, and a small distant figure-like shape near shore.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows coarse grain, low-light blur, blue color cast, soft focus, and slight handheld instability that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short cutaway, transition, memory beat, or atmospheric insert for river travel, outdoor recreation, or nighttime water sequences.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for recreational river travel in Washington in 1963 without identifying the specific river, boat type, or participants.
Research note: People are flagged visible, but faces and identities are not discernible; assess copyright, likeness, and location/property questions separately before use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1963 Washington 8mm river rapids, vintage home movie boating at night, blue-tinted turbulent water, and 1960s outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1963 Washington clips, and then related river, boating, rapids, or nighttime recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Washington 8mm frame showing turbulent river water, a dark rocky bank, and the curved edge of a small boat in low light. — A small boat passes along churning rapids near a dark riverbank.

Blue-toned 1963 Washington home-movie frame with foaming rapids, dark shoreline, and a small boat edge visible at right. — Foaming current runs alongside the boat in a dark river channel.

Low-light 8mm frame from Washington in 1963 showing rough river rapids, white spray, and the curved side of a boat. — White water rises close to the boat as it moves through the rapids.

1963 Washington 8mm frame with motion-blurred blue water, a small boat edge, and shadowed riverbank in low light. — Motion-blurred water passes beside the boat as the dark shoreline recedes.

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