California-1955: Man Rowing Rowboat Near Motorized Boat At Lake

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Rowing Rowboat Near Motorized Boat At Lake — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt rows a small rowboat on calm lake waters in this 1955 California home movie. A classic motorized boat with a white canopy is docked nearby, while a modernist lakeside cabin sits on the shore. The footage captures a peaceful summer day with lush green hills and trees, rendered in the warm, slightly faded colors of vintage 8mm film. The scene evokes mid-century American leisure and nostalgia.

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: 125290353

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 leisure, boating, lakeside recreation, or mid-century home-movie inserts in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The small rowboat, canopy motorboat, casual white shirt, and simple lakeside cabin support a mid-century recreation setting, consistent with the 1955 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage observes an unstaged man rowing away from shore, with the camera holding a quiet family-vacation view across the lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a rowboat, yellow oars, a docked motorboat with canopy, calm lake water, white posts, hillside trees, and a lakeside cabin.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight gate edges, mild color fading, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, memory beat, summer leisure insert, or transition between broader scenes of travel, boating, and family recreation.
Historical context: The clip reflects mid-century American outdoor leisure through small pleasure boats, quiet lake activity, and a cabin-lined shore without making a specific event claim.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, and the lakeside cabin may raise property or location identification questions separate from copyright review.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1950s California lake home movie, man rowing rowboat, vintage boating footage, 8mm summer recreation, and mid-century lakeside cabin.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 California lake footage, then broader themes of boating, summer travel, and mid-century leisure.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 California home-movie frame showing a canopy motorboat near shore, calm lake water, and a modernist lakeside cabin on a green hillside. — A canopy motorboat sits near shore as hillside cabins rise above the lake.

1955 California lake scene with a man in a white shirt rowing a small boat near a docked canopy motorboat and shoreline cabin. — A man rows across the lake near a docked motorboat and shorefront cabin.

A man rows a small boat away from camera on a California lake, with a canopy motorboat at frame edge and a cabin on the opposite shore. — The rowboat moves farther from shore while the motorboat remains partly in view.

1955 California home-movie frame of a man rowing across still lake water below a small lakeside cabin and wooded hillside. — A rower crosses the lake beneath a cabin on the tree-lined shore.

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