California-1955: Motorboat Moored by House on River

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Motorboat Moored by House on River — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1955 captures a classic white motorboat with a red and blue trim and a white canvas top, moored on calm water in California. The boat rests near a rocky shoreline with a grassy hillside, while a modern-looking house with large windows sits on a sandy bank in the background. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of 1950s Super 8 film, evoking a sense of quiet, mid-century Americana and leisure. The scene remains static, emphasizing the peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere of a private waterfront retreat.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125290349

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 leisure, boating, riverfront living, or mid-century home-movie cutaways in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The classic motorboat, white canvas top, and modern-looking waterside house may show mid-century recreational design and private waterfront architecture.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on a moored boat from shore or another nearby vantage point, preserving an unstaged vacation or riverfront leisure moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorboat, red and blue cabin trim, white canvas canopy, calm water, rocky bank, grassy hillside, and a glass-front house.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, saturated color, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges typical of mid-1950s home movies.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a quiet insert, transition, establishing cutaway, or memory beat for boating, waterfront property, or vacation sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects postwar leisure imagery through a private boat at rest near a shoreline dwelling, without showing identifiable people or activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the boat and visible house may still require separate copyright, property, or context review.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1950s California river motorboat, vintage 8mm home movie boat, mid-century waterfront house, and classic moored leisure craft.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1955 California waterfront scenes, then broader mid-century boating or vacation home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 California home-movie frame of a white motorboat with red and blue trim moored near a rocky shore and hillside house. — A classic motorboat sits still on calm water with a hillside and modern-looking house behind it.

1955 California frame showing a moored white motorboat on calm water, with a rocky bank and modern-looking house in the background. — The boat remains stationary near shore, framed by dark film edges and a hillside dwelling.

1955 California home-movie frame of a classic moored motorboat on still water beneath a hillside house and rocky shore. — A steady home-movie view shows the boat at rest below a grassy hillside and waterfront house.

1955 California frame of a white motorboat with canvas top, moored on calm water near a rocky shoreline and hillside house. — The final frame keeps the boat centered against the same quiet riverfront background.

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