California-1955: Two Men Rowing On A Boat In A Small Lake As A Few People Stand

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Two Men Rowing On A Boat In A Small Lake As A Few People... — Clip Details

CALIFORNIA-1955: Two men in white shirts row a small boat on a calm lake, their oars dipping into the water as they glide past a sandy shore. In the foreground, a woman in a red polka-dot hat watches from the bank, while other figures stand nearby. The scene captures a sunny day of recreation, with lush green trees lining the shore and a rustic cabin visible in the distance. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie footage features natural color and film grain, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American summer.

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: 125290416

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$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 recreation requests needing home-movie lake leisure, rowing, shoreline observers, and mid-century summer social atmosphere.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, small rowboat, sandy lakeshore, and rustic lakeside cabin support a mid-1950s recreational setting without identifying a specific lake.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged interaction between people on shore and men rowing nearby, with faces turning toward the camera and activity continuing naturally.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small white rowboat, two men with oars, calm lake water, sandy shore, trees, a lakeside cabin, seated or standing spectators, and a red polka-dot hat.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, gate edges, and handheld framing that give the clip authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, recreational insert, or memory beat for mid-century family outings, lake vacations, or summer leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal outdoor recreation and social gathering at a California lake, with boating watched from shore in a domestic home-movie context.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, privacy, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s California lake rowing, vintage 8mm home movie boating, mid-century summer recreation, and people watching rowboat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other California 1955 lake or vacation footage, then broader 1950s family recreation and boating material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 California home-movie frame showing women near the camera as a small rowboat moves on a lake behind them. — Women smile near the lakeshore while boaters pass in the background.

Two men in a small white rowboat move across a California lake, with sandy shore and trees behind them. — Two men row across calm lake water near the shoreline.

Home-movie frame of two men rowing a small boat on a California lake, with spectators partly visible in the foreground. — Rowers pass the camera as people watch from the lakeside bank.

Two men row a small boat on a California lake as shoreline trees, a cabin, and spectators appear around the frame. — The rowboat continues past a lakeside cabin and watching figures.

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