California-1955: Man Cleaning Clams In Motorboat Near Cliff

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Cleaning Clams In Motorboat Near Cliff — Clip Details

A man in a purple shirt and white hat sits in a small motorboat on calm water, cleaning clams by hand. The boat, equipped with a red Johnson outboard motor, floats near a rocky cliff face. Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment of fishing recreation along the California coast. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic period details of clothing and equipment.

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: 125290282

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: Yes
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: 1950s California home-movie footage suited for documentary or educational edits about coastal recreation, small boats, shellfish gathering, and leisure fishing.
Period detail: The white brimmed hat, purple work shirt, small aluminum-style boat, and red Johnson outboard motor support a mid-1950s recreational boating context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment of a man seated in a motorboat, quietly cleaning clams by hand while the camera observes from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated man, white hat, purple shirt, small boat, red outboard motor, calm water, rocky shoreline, and clams in hand.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, and contact-sheet framing that give the scene authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, memory beat, or quiet insert within sequences about coastal leisure, fishing trips, family travel, or 1950s outdoor recreation.
Historical context: The footage reflects casual mid-century recreation on California water, with attention on small-boat shellfish cleaning rather than a formal commercial fishing activity.
Research note: A recognizable adult face and a visible Johnson motor brand may require likeness and trademark review, separate from any copyright assessment for the footage.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s California 8mm boating, man cleaning clams in motorboat, vintage shellfish recreation, and home movie outboard motor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1955 California coastal footage, and finally with related boating, fishing, shellfish, or outdoor recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1955 California home-movie footage, a man in a purple shirt sits in a small boat near a rocky cliff while holding clams. — A man sits in a small boat near rocky shore, holding clams on calm water.

A man in a white hat and purple shirt cleans clams by hand in a small boat with a red Johnson outboard motor visible behind him. — The seated man cleans clams by hand beside the boat's red outboard motor.

Close 8mm view of a man seated low in a small boat, cleaning clams while a red outboard motor and rippled water fill the background. — A closer view shows the man working with clams in his lap inside the small boat.

The man remains seated in the small motorboat, looking down as he handles clams with the red outboard motor visible at the stern. — The man looks down at the clams as the boat rests on calm water.

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