California-1955: Three Brothers On A Motorboat In The Ocean

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Three Brothers On A Motorboat In The Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a serene ocean scene in California. A small motorboat with three men aboard glides across the blue water, with a distant sailboat and a hazy mountain silhouette in the background. The footage exhibits the characteristic blue tint and grain of 8mm film, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American leisure moment. The men appear to be enjoying a recreational outing, with the boat moving steadily through calm waters under a clear sky.

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: 125290211

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 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 leisure, boating, coastal recreation, and family home-movie sequences needing authentic amateur 8mm ocean footage.
Period detail: The small open motorboat, distant sailboats, saturated blue 8mm color, and casual shirtless passengers may show mid-century recreational boating in California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family viewpoint as three men ride toward the camera in a small boat while the filmer watches from shore or another vessel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat with three men, blue ocean water, distant sailboats, hazy mountain shoreline, bright sky, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has dense blue color, visible grain, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that mark it as original 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief coastal cutaway, family vacation memory beat, boating insert, or transition within a mid-century California sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects postwar American leisure through a private home-movie view of men boating on open coastal water, without identifying the exact harbor or shoreline.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no brands or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from personal rights review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 California 8mm boating footage, vintage home movie ocean recreation, three men in small motorboat, and mid-century coastal leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1955 California coastal scenes, then broader vintage boating and family vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 California 8mm frame showing blue coastal water, distant boats, and a hazy mountain shoreline. — Small boats cross blue coastal water beneath a hazy mountain outline.

Three men ride in a small motorboat on California coastal water, with mountains and boats behind them. — Three men approach in a small open motorboat with distant shoreline behind.

A small motorboat carrying three men moves through blue California coastal water in a 1955 home-movie frame. — The boat draws closer, showing three men seated or standing in the open craft.

Three men in a small motorboat pass across blue coastal water, with distant sailboats and hazy mountains in the background. — Three men ride in the foreground boat as sailboats sit far behind on the water.

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