California-1955: People On A Lake Getting Ready To Go Out For The Day

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

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

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

People On A Lake Getting Ready To Go Out For The Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at a California lake. A man in a light-colored shirt rows a small boat near a larger motorboat with a white canopy. In the background, a modern-style cabin sits on a grassy hillside overlooking the water, surrounded by trees. The scene exudes mid-century Americana, with natural light reflecting off the calm lake surface and classic 1950s boating attire visible. The footage shows subtle film grain and color fading typical of archival Super 8 home movies.

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: 125290430

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s California home-movie requests needing recreational boating, lakeside leisure, or mid-century family travel atmosphere.
Period detail: The small rowboat, covered motorboat, casual clothing, and hillside cabin may show mid-1950s lake recreation in California.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment of people preparing and maneuvering small boats near shore during a sunny lake outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rowboat with an oar, a larger canopy boat, calm lake water, shoreline sand, trees, hillside brush, and a cabin above the water.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and exposure shifts that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century vacation, boating, or California lake sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows recreational use of a lake setting, with small craft close to shore and a modern-looking cabin in the background.
Research note: People are visible and faces are partially discernible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1950s California lake home movie, 8mm boating footage, vintage rowboat at lakeshore, and mid-century vacation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 California lake material, then broader 1950s boating or family-outing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 California lake scene with a person in a rowboat beside a larger covered motorboat, with a hillside cabin and trees beyond the water. — A small rowboat sits near a covered motorboat below a tree-lined hillside cabin.

A person rows or steadies a small boat near a larger covered boat on a California lake, with a cabin and trees in the background. — A rowboat moves near a larger canopy boat on calm lake water.

A small boat with a seated person and yellow oar sits beside a covered motorboat on a 1955 California lake, with a cabin above the shore. — The rowboat remains close to the larger boat as the camera looks toward the opposite shore.

A rowboat with a visible passenger sits near a larger covered motorboat on a California lake, with a buoy, wooded shore, and cabin behind. — A passenger in a rowboat is framed against the lake, shoreline, and hillside cabin.

Visually Similar Clips