Greenwood Lake New York-1964: Ducks Swimming by Dock with Moored Boats

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

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Ducks Swimming by Dock with Moored Boats — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a family of ducks swimming and diving near a wooden dock at Greenwood Lake, New York. A white rowboat and a green boat are moored alongside the dock, which is lined with old tires for cushioning. The ducks glide across the calm water under a bright, sunny sky, with a grassy shoreline and trees visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 124937816

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: 1960s 8mm lake cutaway showing ducks by a small dock and rowboats for documentary, museum, education, or nostalgic editorial use.
Period detail: Visible period clues include the 8mm color home-movie texture, simple wooden dock, tire bumpers, and small rowboats, which may show mid-1960s lakeside recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, lingering on ducks swimming near moored boats rather than a posed family activity.
What appears in frame: The frames show ducks on rippled lake water, a wooden dock, tire bumpers, a white rowboat, a green boat, shoreline grass, and tree trunks.
Film character: The footage carries authentic 8mm texture with visible grain, slight softness, saturated color, and handheld framing from a bright outdoor exposure.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet wildlife cutaway, lakeside transition, summer memory beat, or establishing insert for Greenwood Lake material.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday lakeside leisure surroundings in Greenwood Lake, with small boats and a practical dock visible beside ducks in the water.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location context, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s 8mm ducks swimming near dock, Greenwood Lake rowboats home movie, and vintage lake shoreline wildlife footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel lake scenes, then Greenwood Lake 1964 material, then broader 1960s boating, shoreline, and wildlife home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Ducks swim on Greenwood Lake near a wooden dock, white rowboat, green boat, and tire bumpers in 1964 8mm footage. — Ducks move across the water beside a small dock and moored rowboats.

Ducks swim and splash near the Greenwood Lake dock, with a white rowboat, green boat, and shoreline behind them. — Ducks gather in the water beside the dock and tire bumper.

Several ducks pass through rippled Greenwood Lake water below a wooden dock, with rowboats and trees visible on shore. — Ducks swim together in front of moored boats on the lake edge.

Ducks continue swimming beside the Greenwood Lake dock, with tire bumpers, rowboats, grass, and trees visible in the frame. — Ducks remain near the dock as the camera holds on the lakeside boats.

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