Ithaca New York-1979: Pair Of Sculler Rowers In Water On A Clear Day

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationIthaca, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Pair Of Sculler Rowers In Water On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures a serene day on a lake in Ithaca, New York. Several rowers in sculls glide across the water, their oars dipping rhythmically as they navigate the calm surface. A motorboat with passengers moves nearby, leaving a wake. In the background, a marina with docked sailboats and a long building lines the shore, framed by trees and a gentle hill. The footage has a distinct purple-blue color cast and soft focus typical of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic, mid-1970s Americana feel. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about outdoor recreation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125225709

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1979 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Ithaca, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1970s recreational rowing, lakeside sport, or Ithaca-area outdoor life in documentary, museum, educational, or editorial sequences.
Period detail: The frame may show late-1970s marina activity, small motorboats, sailboat masts, and recreational sculling on a wooded lake shoreline.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in an unstaged home-movie view of rowers and nearby boaters sharing the water from a distant shore position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sculling shells, oars, a small motorboat with passengers, marina docks, sailboats, a long shoreline building, trees, and low hills.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld framing, and a purple-blue color cast that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, quiet transition, or memory beat for boating, collegiate recreation, summer leisure, or small-city lake life.
Historical context: The clip documents everyday recreational use of a lake setting, with rowing and motorboat traffic visible near a marina and wooded shore.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no readable logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from depicted rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1979 Ithaca rowing footage, 8mm lake recreation, vintage sculling home movie, 1970s marina, and New York boating archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Ithaca or 1979 lake scenes, then broader rowing, marina, boating, and outdoor recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 Ithaca home-movie frame showing a lake, marina docks, sailboats, and distant rowers near a wooded shoreline. — A distant rowing shell moves across the lake near a marina and docked sailboats.

1979 Ithaca lake scene with scullers, a small motorboat carrying passengers, docked sailboats, and a wooded shore. — Scullers and a small motorboat share the water in front of the marina.

Distant 1979 Ithaca lake footage showing rowers, a passenger motorboat, sailboat masts, and a marina along the shore. — A motorboat passes near rowing shells against a marina-lined shoreline.

1979 Ithaca home-movie frame of scullers and a small motorboat on lake water, with a marina and trees in the background. — Rowers and a small motorboat continue across the lake near docked sailboats.

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