California-1955: People In A Boat Enjoying The Ride On The Ocean

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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People In A Boat Enjoying The Ride On The Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a family enjoying a boat ride on the ocean in California. The footage shows two people aboard a vessel, with one wearing a striped sleeveless top and another in a white shirt, both gazing out at the water. The scene is bathed in a distinctive blue tint, characteristic of aged film, with visible grain and slight motion blur. The camera remains steady, focusing on the passengers as they experience the ride, evoking a sense of mid-century leisure and nostalgia. This authentic archival clip offers a glimpse into 1950s family life and coastal recreation.

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: 125290554

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s California 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a brief coastal leisure or boat-ride insert with visible passengers on open water.
Period detail: The sleeveless striped top, sunglasses, and casual boat setting may show mid-century recreational dress and vacation behavior without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged passenger-level view as people sit close to the water and look around during a family boat ride.
What appears in frame: Visible details include two adult passengers, a striped sleeveless shirt, a white shirt, sunglasses, blue ocean water, boat-edge framing, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, blue color shift, soft focus, handheld contact-frame movement, and occasional scratches that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition between broader California coast or mid-century family recreation scenes.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for private 1950s leisure boating in California while staying limited to people aboard a vessel on open water.
Research note: Adults are visible and faces appear partly identifiable, so likeness review may be needed separate from copyright and any location or vessel verification.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1955 California boat ride home movie, 8mm ocean passengers, mid-century family boating, and vintage coastal recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other California 1955 coastal material, then broader 1950s family travel or ocean recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 California home-movie frame showing two adults aboard a boat, one in a white shirt and sunglasses, with ocean water behind them. — Two passengers sit aboard a boat as the ocean fills the background.

1955 California boat-ride frame showing the back of an adult in a striped sleeveless top near blue ocean water. — A striped-shirted passenger faces the water from the boat.

1955 California home-movie frame of a passenger viewed from behind on a boat, with rippled blue ocean water beyond. — The camera looks past a seated passenger toward the ocean surface.

1955 California 8mm frame showing a seated passenger in a striped sleeveless shirt near the boat edge with ocean water behind. — A passenger sits facing away as the boat moves across blue water.

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