California-1955: Man in Purple Shirt Gesturing in Boat on Calm Water

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man in Purple Shirt Gesturing in Boat on Calm Water — 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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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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