California-1955: A Sailboat Floats At Dock In Blue Water In Front Of A House

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Sailboat Floats At Dock In Blue Water In Front Of A House — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a sailboat floating on calm blue water in front of a tropical house. The footage shows a wooden sailboat with white sails furled, moored near a dock with a ladder. Palm trees and lush greenery surround the house with a tiled roof, evoking a classic California coastal lifestyle. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame borders of an old home movie, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century leisure.

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: 125290153

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s California home-movie requests needing a quiet waterfront leisure cutaway with a moored sailboat, dock, and coastal residence.
Period detail: The tiled roof, wooden sailboat, simple dock ladder, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century residential waterfront leisure in California.
Home-movie behavior: The brief handheld view feels like an unstaged home-movie observation from across the water, lingering on a boat and house rather than a performed event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a moored sailboat, furled white sails, blue water, dock ladder, tiled-roof house, palm tree, leafy trees, and film frame edges.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, dark frame borders, and gentle handheld drift.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a calm establishing insert, waterfront transition, or memory beat for mid-century California leisure or boating sequences.
Historical context: The scene suggests private recreational boating and residential waterfront space, but the exact property, community, and vessel identity are not established by the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but the recognizable boat and residence suggest property-identification review may still be prudent.
Research search match: Search phrases might include 1950s California 8mm sailboat at dock, vintage home movie waterfront house, and mid-century boating cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 California waterfront material, then broader home-movie boating and coastal leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 California 8mm frame showing a sailboat at dock before a waterfront house, with a palm tree and dark film borders. — A moored sailboat sits across blue water from a house with a tiled roof and palm tree.

1955 California home-movie frame with a dark-hulled sailboat, furled sail, waterfront residence, trees, and visible 8mm frame edges. — The sailboat drifts or sits moored near the house, with trees rising behind the roofline.

1955 California 8mm still showing the sailboat bow near a dock ladder, blue water, a low tiled-roof house, and a palm tree. — A dock ladder stands in the water as the sailboat passes or rests beside the waterfront home.

1955 California home-movie frame with a dock ladder, partial sailboat at right, blue water, tiled-roof house, palm tree, and soft 8mm color. — The boat moves partly out of frame, leaving the dock ladder, water, house, and palm tree in view.

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