California-1955: Women Enjoying Paddling Rowboat On A Lake With Friend

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Women Enjoying Paddling Rowboat On A Lake With Friend — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1955 captures two women enjoying a sunny day paddling a wooden rowboat on a calm lake in California. One woman, wearing a red and white visor, sunglasses, a white sweater, and plaid shorts, rows the boat while smiling and conversing with her friend. Her companion, in a white cap, sunglasses, and a turquoise cardigan over a red top, sits across from her, laughing and engaging in the leisurely outing. The footage shows natural movement on the water, with bright blue ripples and the classic grain and color saturation of mid-century home movie film.

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: 125290324

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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s California recreation sequences needing home-movie footage of adult women boating on a lake.
Period detail: The clothing, sunglasses, visors, small wooden rowboat and saturated 8mm color support a mid-1950s leisure setting.
Home-movie behavior: The women appear relaxed and conversational, smiling across the boat while one handles the oar in an unstaged outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult women, sunglasses, brimmed hats, sweaters, plaid shorts, a wooden rowboat, a paddle and rippled blue lake water.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, strong daylight color and slight handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, memory beat or transition for lake recreation, friendship or mid-century vacation material.
Historical context: The footage shows women participating in informal outdoor recreation, with clothing and boat details consistent with postwar leisure imagery.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, private property or music are evident, while copyright status is separate.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s California lake rowboat footage, women paddling, vintage 8mm boating and home movie recreation scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other California 1955 lake footage, then broader 1950s vacation or women’s outdoor recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1955 California home-movie footage, two women in hats and sunglasses sit facing each other in a wooden rowboat on a lake. — Two women sit in a rowboat as one rests an oar near the water.

The women sit close together in a small wooden rowboat on a California lake, wearing sunglasses and light sweaters. — The rowboat turns slightly as the women talk and smile.

A woman in a visor holds an oar while seated opposite a friend in a turquoise cardigan in 1955 California lake footage. — One woman rows while her companion looks toward the camera.

The rowboat glides across the water with both women seated in profile.

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