New York USA-1954: Two Men Playing in Boat on Lake

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Two Men Playing in Boat on Lake — Clip Details

Two men enjoy a lakeside outing in this vintage 8mm home movie from 1954. One man in black swim trunks leans over a small wooden boat labeled 'LAKE CHARLES,' playfully interacting with another man who is partially submerged in the water. In subsequent frames, a man in a red and white striped shirt and rolled-up trousers steps into the boat, smiling as he prepares to row. The footage captures candid summer recreation on a calm lake, with natural sunlight reflecting on the water and the characteristic grain of 8mm film.

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: 125300153

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: Yes
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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1954 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: New York, 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: Useful for 1950s New York leisure, lakeside recreation, and candid home-movie inserts involving adults, swimming, and a small rowboat.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, small wooden boat, and casual lakeside activity support the supplied 1954 home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the playful interaction between two adult men, including one leaning from the boat and another stepping aboard while smiling.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a small wooden boat, lake water, rolled trousers, swim trunks, oar or paddle, sunlight reflections, and shoreline masonry.
Film character: The footage carries warm 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, and uneven exposure typical of mid-century home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief memory beat, summer recreation cutaway, humorous transition, or establishing detail for amateur lakeside outings.
Historical context: The scene reflects informal mid-century leisure on a calm lake, centered on adult recreation rather than a documented public event.
Research note: Faces are visible and the boat lettering may require review; copyright, likeness, and any trademark or location issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm home movie lake boat, New York summer recreation, men swimming rowboat, and vintage lakeside outing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with New York 1954 leisure footage, then with broader boating, swimming, and summer recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 New York home-movie frame showing one man leaning from a small wooden boat toward another man in the lake. — One man leans from the boat while another is partly in the water.

Adult man in a red striped shirt and rolled trousers steps barefoot into a small boat on a New York lake in 1954 footage. — A smiling man steps into the rowboat from the lakeside edge.

1954 New York frame of a smiling adult man standing in a small boat, with rippled lake water behind him. — The man smiles while standing in the boat against the water.

Adult man in rolled trousers balances in a small boat as another person with an oar or paddle appears at the edge of the frame. — A man balances in the rowboat while another person handles an oar or paddle nearby.

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