California-1955: Passing Moored White Sail Boat At Twilight Near Urban Area

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Passing Moored White Sail Boat At Twilight Near Urban Area — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a serene waterfront scene in California at twilight. The camera glides past calm blue water, revealing a white sailboat moored at a wooden dock. In the background, residential houses and lush trees line the shore, with a larger yacht visible in the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, quiet evening atmosphere.

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: 125290143

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 1449 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: david,alex
Reel-level year note: 1953-1955-1956
Reel-level location note: palm springs california
Date: 1955 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: California, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s California waterfront atmosphere, residential shoreline cutaways, or documentary transitions involving leisure boating and coastal memory.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century waterfront homes, wooden docks, small sailboats, and mature shoreline trees, with the 1955 date supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera passes from the water at boat level, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie view of moored boats and houses along the shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, a white sailboat, dock posts, shoreline houses, trees, railings, a larger vessel, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries saturated blue color, soft focus, gate edges, light grain, and slight handheld drift that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, waterfront transition, boating cutaway, or memory beat between broader California or leisure scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents a residential waterfront setting and recreational boating without visible people, emphasizing shoreline design and private leisure space rather than a public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1955 California 8mm waterfront, vintage home movie sailboat dock, mid-century shoreline houses, and moored white sailboat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1955 California waterfront clips, then broader mid-century boating, docks, and residential shoreline footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 California 8mm frame showing blue water in front of shoreline homes, trees, railings, and a small moored vessel. — The camera passes blue water and a tree-lined residential shoreline.

1955 California waterfront view with blue water, shoreline homes, trees, docks, and a moored vessel partly visible. — Homes, trees, and dock structures line the waterfront as the camera moves past.

1955 California 8mm frame of a white sailboat moored by a dock, backed by shoreline homes and trees. — A white sailboat sits near a dock along the residential shoreline.

Close 1955 California waterfront frame of a white sailboat at dock posts, with trees and shoreline structures behind. — The passing camera nears the moored white sailboat at the dock.

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