California-1955: Two Women Rowing a Small Dinghy on the Ocean

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Two Women Rowing a Small Dinghy on the Ocean — Clip Details

CALIFORNIA-1955: Two women enjoy a sunny day rowing a small wooden dinghy on calm blue water. One woman, wearing a white cardigan, plaid shorts, a red-and-white sun hat, and sunglasses, rows the boat while smiling. Her companion, in a light blue sweater and white hat, sits facing her. The vintage 8mm film captures the classic mid-century leisure activity with warm colors and natural film grain, evoking a nostalgic, carefree summer day.

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: 125290317

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s California leisure, boating, vacation, and mid-century women-at-play archive requests in documentary, museum, education, or commercial editorial edits.
Period detail: The clothing, sun hats, sunglasses, small wooden dinghy, and color 8mm home-movie texture support a mid-1950s leisure setting on calm open water.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the relaxed, unstaged exchange between two women as one rows and smiles while the other sits nearby in the boat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult women, a small wooden dinghy, oars, blue rippled water, sun hats, sunglasses, plaid shorts, and bright daylight.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give it authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, memory beat, or visual insert for mid-century recreation, summer travel, or women’s leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects postwar-era recreational boating and casual vacation dress without identifying a specific body of water, event, or named participants.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from personal rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 California 8mm home movie, women rowing dinghy, vintage boating footage, mid-century summer leisure, and small rowboat on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other California 1955 leisure material, then broader vintage boating or summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1955 California home-movie footage, two women sit in a small dinghy while the woman in a sun hat handles an oar. — Two women sit close together in a small dinghy on calm blue water.

A woman in a white top, sunglasses, and red-and-white sun hat faces the camera from a small dinghy on blue water. — The rower faces the camera while her companion sits opposite her in the boat.

A smiling woman in sunglasses rows a small wooden dinghy as her companion in a blue sweater sits opposite her. — The woman rowing smiles across the boat toward her seated companion.

Two women share a small wooden dinghy, with one rowing and the other seated near the side against calm blue water. — A side view shows the rower working the oar as her companion sits in the dinghy.

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