Greenwood Lake New York-1964: Man Climbing Ladder Into Lake, Walking On Dock

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

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Man Climbing Ladder Into Lake, Walking On Dock — Clip Details

A man in dark swim trunks steps into the water from a wooden dock at Greenwood Lake, New York, in 1964. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures him climbing the ladder, wading into the lake, and walking across the dock. The scene is bathed in warm, nostalgic light with a distinct purple color cast, typical of vintage home movies. The grainy texture and slight film damage add to the authentic, archival feel of this classic summer memory.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124937021

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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 1062 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: greenwood lake summer
Reel-level year note: 1964
Reel-level location note: greenwood lake
Date: 1964 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Greenwood Lake, New York, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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: Supports 1960s documentary or museum edits needing everyday summer lake recreation, dock swimming, or home-movie leisure footage from Greenwood Lake, New York.
Period detail: The men's short dark swim trunks, simple wooden dock, metal ladder, and 8mm home-movie color may show mid-1960s lakeside recreation without visible modern details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the man's ordinary movements as he climbs from the lake, stands by the ladder, and walks barefoot across the dock.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shirtless adult man, dark swim trunks, a pale wooden dock, metal swim ladder, calm lake water, distant wooded shoreline, and floating markers.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, a purple-blue color cast, mild exposure variation, frame-edge darkness, and small specks that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief cutaway, summer-memory insert, lake recreation transition, or quiet beat between broader family or vacation scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents informal lakeside swimming and dock use in a private home-movie style, with social context limited to visible adult recreation at Greenwood Lake.
Research note: An adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and personal-rights clearance should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s 8mm lake swimming, Greenwood Lake dock home movie, man walking on dock, and vintage summer recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Greenwood Lake material, then broader 1960s lake, swimming, dock, and summer vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

At Greenwood Lake in 1964, a shirtless man in dark swim trunks stands by a metal ladder at the edge of a wooden dock. — A man stands in the water beside the dock ladder at Greenwood Lake.

The man appears to hold the metal ladder from the water next to the wooden dock at Greenwood Lake in 1964. — The swimmer steadies himself at the ladder beside the dock.

At Greenwood Lake in 1964, the man walks barefoot on the wooden dock with lake water and a wooded shoreline behind him. — The man walks across the dock after leaving the water.

The 1964 Greenwood Lake home-movie frame shows the man walking along the dock with the ladder and lake surface nearby. — A man continues along the dock above the lake.

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