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California-1955: Man Wearing Blue Shirt Standing In Boat Holding Small Object On

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  • Year1955
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationCalifornia, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD

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Man Wearing Blue Shirt Standing In Boat Holding Small... — Clip Details

A man in a purple shirt and dark trousers stands in a small boat on calm water, gesturing with his hands while holding a white object. Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a bright, sunny day along a rocky shoreline in California. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame edges of an old Super 8 home movie, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
125290280

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

  • 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

  • clothes
  • color
  • people
  • objects
  • weather
  • man
  • wearing
  • blue
  • shirt
  • standing
  • boat
  • holding
  • small
  • object
  • bright
  • sunny
  • day
  • california
  • 1955
  • 1955 California home movie
  • vintage 8mm film
  • man in boat
  • purple shirt
  • Super 8 footage
  • old film
  • retro footage
  • archival home movie
  • 1950s lifestyle
  • sunny day
  • rocky shore
  • vintage color film
  • nostalgic clip
  • documentary footage
  • editorial use
  • old film grain
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage Americana
  • historical footage
  • family vacation

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s California home-movie requests needing a brief boating or shoreline character moment for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail
The clothing, small boat setting, color 8mm format, and metadata-supported 1955 date place the scene in a mid-century recreational shoreline context.
Home-movie behavior
The man faces the camera from the boat and gestures casually with small objects in hand, giving the shot an unstaged family-film quality.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include an adult man, purple-blue shirt, dark trousers, small white object, boat edge, calm water, rocky shoreline, and bright sunlight.
Film character
The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, frame-edge artifacts, and handheld framing that contribute useful archival texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century leisure, boating, coastal travel, or family archive sequences.
Historical context
The footage may show everyday recreational activity along a California shoreline, centered on a single adult rather than a public event or landmark.
Research note
A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to separate copyright, location, and release considerations.
Research search match
Natural matches include 1955 California home movie, 8mm boating scene, man in small boat, rocky shoreline, and mid-century coastal leisure footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent same-reel shots, then other California 1955 shoreline material, then broader 1950s boating or family travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult man in a purple-blue shirt stands in a small boat on calm water along a California rocky shoreline, supported by 1955 clip metadata.
A man gestures from a small boat with rocky shoreline behind him.
In this 1955 California home-movie frame, a man faces the camera from a small boat while holding a small white object near calm water.
The man stands in the boat holding a pale object as the water and rocks fill the background.
A man in a purple-blue shirt gestures with both hands from a small boat beside calm water and a rocky California shoreline.
The man gestures toward the camera from the boat on a bright shoreline day.
The man remains standing in the small boat, lowering one hand as calm water and a rocky California shoreline sit behind him.
A final frame shows the man still in the boat with the rocky shore behind him.

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