California-1955: Woman Fishing with Man on Boat

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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 with Man on Boat — Clip Details

A woman in a patterned swimsuit and sunglasses fishes on a boat in California during the 1955 summer. Shot on 8mm film, the clip captures her casting a fishing rod against a backdrop of blue ocean and a distant vessel. A man stands nearby as she focuses on her line, embodying classic mid-century leisure. The footage features natural sunlight, authentic film grain, and the warm, nostalgic color palette of vintage home movies.

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: 125290576

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 suited to documentary or educational edits about coastal leisure, recreational fishing, boating, and mid-century vacation life.
Period detail: The swimsuit styling, sunglasses, 8mm color, and metadata-supported 1955 date place the scene in a mid-century outdoor leisure setting on California water.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the casual feel of a companion filming from a boat as a woman handles a fishing rod while a man stands nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a patterned swimsuit, sunglasses, a fishing rod and reel, blue water, open sky, a distant vessel, and a man on the boat.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated blues, soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, and slight exposure variation that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for fishing, boating, summer recreation, or postwar family leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects a private mid-century leisure outing, with adults fishing from a boat rather than a staged commercial or public event.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1955 California 8mm fishing, woman fishing on boat, vintage home movie ocean leisure, and mid-century boating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1955 California water scenes, then with fishing, boating, and summer leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1955 California home-movie footage, a woman in sunglasses and a patterned swimsuit fishes from a boat on open blue water. — A woman fishes from a boat, seen from behind against blue water.

A woman in a patterned swimsuit holds a fishing rod on California water, with a small vessel visible in the distance. — The fishing rod rises as a distant vessel appears beyond the woman.

The woman continues fishing from the boat as a shirtless man stands close behind her in the 1955 California water scene. — A man stands nearby as the woman keeps hold of the fishing rod.

The woman and a shirtless man stand together on a boat in supported 1955 California footage, with blue water and sky behind them. — The fishing moment shifts to the woman and man standing together on the boat.

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