Greenwood Lake New York-1964: Man Floats On Yellow Inflatable In Blue Lake

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationGreenwood Lake, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 New York

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Man Floats On Yellow Inflatable In Blue Lake — Clip Details

A man in black swim trunks floats on a bright yellow inflatable cushion in the calm waters of Greenwood Lake, New York, in 1964. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures him resting and gently paddling on the blue lake surface, with a sandy shore visible in the background. The vintage color palette and film grain evoke a nostalgic, relaxed summer day. This authentic home movie clip offers a slice of mid-century American leisure, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124936999

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 1062 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: greenwood lake summer
Reel-level year note: 1964
Reel-level location note: greenwood lake
Date: 1964 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: Greenwood Lake, New York, 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: Useful for 1960s American leisure, lake recreation, or home-movie inserts showing a man relaxing on an inflatable in Greenwood Lake, New York.
Period detail: The black swim trunks, bright vinyl-style inflatable, saturated 8mm color, and simple lakeside setting may show mid-1960s vacation recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in the man's relaxed floating, light paddling, and casual awareness of the camera from shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in black swim trunks, a yellow inflatable cushion, rippled blue-green lake water, sandy shoreline, and partial beach furniture in the distance.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, blue-cool color shift, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that support its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief summer cutaway, leisure insert, vacation memory beat, or transition within a sequence about lakeside recreation.
Historical context: The footage reflects informal mid-century lake leisure without indicating a public event, named landmark, or organized activity beyond swimming and floating.
Research note: A visible adult face and body require likeness review; no logos, music, children, or private property are apparent, but copyright and personality rights remain separate checks.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1964 8mm Greenwood Lake footage, man on yellow inflatable, 1960s lake swimming, home movie summer recreation, and New York vacation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Greenwood Lake material, then broader 1960s swimming, lake vacation, and family leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Greenwood Lake in 1964, a man lies on a yellow inflatable cushion in blue-green water near the shore. — Man floating close to the sandy edge of Greenwood Lake.

The man drifts farther across the rippled Greenwood Lake surface on a yellow inflatable cushion, with sandy shore behind him. — The swimmer rests on the yellow float as the lake surface ripples around him.

In this 1964 Greenwood Lake frame, the man turns slightly toward shore while lying on the yellow inflatable in calm water. — The man turns toward the camera while floating near the lakeshore.

The man continues floating on the yellow cushion at Greenwood Lake, his face turned toward the camera and shore in the background. — A relaxed lake float with the swimmer facing back toward the camera.

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