California-1955: Man Leaving A Big Boat To Get Onto A Smaller Boat And A Large

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Leaving A Big Boat To Get Onto A Smaller Boat And A... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from California in 1955 captures a man stepping from a large motorboat into a smaller rowboat at a lakeside. The scene unfolds on a sunny day with lush green hills and trees lining the shore. The man, wearing a light-colored shirt, carefully transfers between vessels while another person waits in the small boat. Later frames show the larger motorboat speeding across the water, creating a white wake against the blue lake. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color fading, and natural motion, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American leisure moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 125290472

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports archive requests for 1950s California leisure footage, especially boating, lakeside recreation, and mid-century family home-movie inserts.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-1950s recreational boating details, including a varnished-looking motorboat, casual summer clothing, and color 8mm home-movie handling.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an unstaged family or companion viewpoint as one man transfers between boats and the motorboat is later filmed speeding past.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lake, motorboat, small rowboat, adult men, shoreline trees, dry hills, mountain slopes, and white boat wake.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief recreation insert, a transition into lakeside travel, or a memory beat for mid-century California leisure.
Historical context: The scene reflects postwar American outdoor recreation as seen through private home-movie filming, without identifying the lake or participants.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or music are evident, and copyright clearance remains separate from personal rights.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s California boating home movie, 8mm lake recreation, vintage motorboat footage, and family vacation water sports.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby same-reel boating or lakeshore shots, then California 1955 travel footage, then broader vintage lake recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1955 California home-movie footage, a man transfers from a larger motorboat to a small rowboat near a wooded lakeshore. — A man carefully moves between a motorboat and a small rowboat at the lakeside.

A mid-century motorboat races across a California lake, throwing a white wake against the hilly shoreline. — The motorboat moves quickly across the lake with spray trailing behind.

The 8mm frame shows the motorboat in motion on a California lake, with spray and rolling water filling the foreground. — A closer view catches the motorboat cutting through the water.

The motorboat passes partly out of frame on a California lake, with rocky shore and blurred hills in the background. — The boat slips toward the edge of the frame as the shoreline passes behind it.

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