California-1955: Woman Fishing On Boat In Open Ocean

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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Woman Fishing On Boat In Open Ocean — Clip Details

A woman in a patterned swimsuit and sunglasses stands on a boat, reeling in a fishing rod against the backdrop of a vast blue ocean. Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched moment of leisure and focus. Her curly hair blows in the breeze as she concentrates on her catch, with the rolling waves and distant horizon emphasizing the open sea. The footage features natural film grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, evoking a sense of nostalgia and personal memory.

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: 125290570

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s California home-movie footage for productions needing a short leisure, boating, or recreational fishing moment at sea.
Period detail: The swimsuit cut, sunglasses, saturated color, and 8mm home-movie framing may show mid-1950s vacation or weekend boating style.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears casually focused on fishing from a boat, giving the clip an unstaged family-film view of recreation on open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in sunglasses, a patterned swimsuit with white straps, a fishing reel or rod grip, blue ocean, horizon line, distant boat, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld movement, slight exposure shifts, and rich blue color typical of amateur color home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition within sequences about midcentury leisure, coastal travel, boating, or fishing.
Historical context: The footage documents private recreational life at sea, with clothing and filming style suggesting a midcentury vacation context without identifying the vessel or exact coastline.
Research note: A visible adult face and likeness require review, while no logos, private property, or audible music are apparent from the supplied metadata and frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s California fishing home movie, woman on boat 8mm footage, open ocean leisure, and vintage recreational fishing film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with California 1955 boating material, then with broader 1950s ocean leisure or fishing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman in sunglasses stands near the boat edge with the ocean horizon in the background.

The woman smiles while holding fishing gear on a boat, with deep blue ocean and a distant horizon visible behind her. — Woman on a boat holds fishing gear while facing the open water.

A side view shows the woman in a patterned swimsuit holding fishing equipment, with open ocean and a small distant boat behind her. — Side view of the woman handling fishing equipment on the boat.

The woman stands with her back partly turned while fishing or looking out from the boat, with a distant vessel on the blue ocean. — Woman looks toward open water with a small vessel visible in the distance.

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