California-1955: Gentleman Rows Small Boat Alongside Larger Motorboat

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Gentleman Rows Small Boat Alongside Larger Motorboat — Clip Details

A man in a white shirt and blue trousers rows a small boat alongside a larger motorboat on a calm lake in California, 1955. The scene captures a peaceful summer day with lush green hills and a rustic lakeside cabin in the background. Shot on 8mm film, the footage features natural color tones, slight grain, and authentic vintage motion, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American lakeside vacation. The man uses a paddle to maneuver the rowboat, showcasing a quiet moment of leisure and connection with nature.

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: 125290377

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: Useful for 1950s California leisure, boating, lakeside vacation, and mid-century family travel sequences in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The motorboat shape, small rowboat, casual white shirt and blue trousers, and color 8mm look support a mid-1950s recreational lake setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an unstaged boating moment as a man maneuvers a small rowboat beside a larger motorboat on calm water.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a small rowboat, larger covered motorboat, oars, calm lake water, rocky shoreline, green hills, a lakeside cabin, and two people.
Film character: The clip has natural color 8mm texture with visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, vacation insert, transition between outdoor scenes, or memory beat for mid-century lake recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects postwar American leisure through private boating, lakeside travel, and informal outdoor recreation without identifying a specific lake or family.
Research note: People are visible, including identifiable faces in one frame, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Researcher searches this may match include 1950s California lake boating, 8mm home movie rowboat, vintage motorboat vacation, and mid-century summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel lake and boating shots, then California 1955 outdoor footage, then broader 1950s family vacation or water recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 California home-movie frame showing a man rowing a small boat alongside a larger covered motorboat near green hills. — A man rows beside a larger motorboat on still lake water with hills behind.

A man in a small rowboat maneuvers beside a larger motorboat on calm California lake water in 1955 footage. — The rowboat is held close to the motorboat while the man steadies himself with an oar.

1955 California lakeside footage showing a man leaning in a rowboat beside a covered motorboat with a cabin on shore. — The small boat remains alongside the motorboat near a quiet shoreline.

A man and another passenger sit in a rowboat on calm California lake water, with a rocky shore behind them. — Two people share the rowboat as it drifts near the rocky edge of the lake.

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