California-1955: Rowing The Boat

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Rowing The Boat — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1955 captures a family rowing a wooden boat on a calm lake in California. Two women, one in a white sweater and pink cap, the other in a blue cardigan and red shirt, work together with oars. The footage shows them paddling, adjusting their hats, and enjoying a sunny day on the water, with the film's characteristic grain and color saturation of the era. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana is perfect for documentaries, nostalgic content, and history educators.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125290304

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: Supports archival requests for 1950s California home-movie footage of leisure boating, family recreation, and mid-century outdoor activity for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: Clothing such as the knit cap, white sweater, blue cardigan, red top, and small wooden rowboat may show mid-1950s recreational style in a lakeside setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged cooperation between two women as they steady themselves, handle oars, and adjust to the small boat from a close home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women, a wooden rowboat, oars, dark lake water, a pink-and-white cap, a white sweater, and a blue cardigan with a red shirt.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, saturated color, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, leisure insert, water recreation transition, or memory beat within a family, travel, or California sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows everyday outdoor recreation and informal boating rather than a public event, with no visible landmark or named location in the frames.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from subject clearance.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1950s California home movie rowing boat, 8mm lake boating women, vintage family recreation footage, and mid-century rowboat on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with California 1955 lake or travel footage, then with broader 1950s family recreation or boating scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 California home-movie frame of two women in a small wooden rowboat, one in a white sweater and pink cap, handling an oar. — Two women steady a wooden rowboat while handling an oar on the lake.

1955 California home-movie frame showing two women in a wooden rowboat, viewed from above, with lake water around them. — The women sit close together in the wooden boat as one reaches toward the side.

1955 California home-movie frame of two women seated in a wooden rowboat, with one woman in a white cap facing the camera area. — A close home-movie view catches the women seated in the rowboat.

1955 California home-movie frame of a woman in a blue cardigan reaching across a wooden rowboat while another woman sits in front of her. — One woman reaches toward the boat side while the other sits facing away.

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