Lake George New York-1955: Cars Driving By A Large Body Of Water

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationLake George, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 Lake George New York

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Cars Driving By A Large Body Of Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a scenic lakeside view at Lake George, New York. Classic American automobiles from the mid-1950s drive along a road bordering the deep blue water, with people strolling on the sidewalk. A marina with boats and docks is visible, alongside a row of period homes nestled among lush green trees. The footage, framed by dark foliage, shows natural film grain and the characteristic color saturation of Super 8 home movies, evoking a nostalgic summer day.

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: 125302276

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 1037 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: lake george vacation,benny's
Reel-level year note: 1955
Reel-level location note: lake george
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: Lake George, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s editorial or documentary requests needing a short lakeside roadway view with mid-century cars, docks, pedestrians, and Lake George scenery.
Period detail: The parked and moving automobiles, simple waterfront road, marina docks, and color 8mm look support a mid-1950s vacation-town setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot vantage from shade above the waterfront, observing everyday traffic and people walking without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue lake, roadside cars, pedestrians, marina docks, small boats, shoreline houses, trees, and wooded hills beyond the water.
Film character: The footage shows dense color saturation, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and dark framing from nearby foliage or window edges.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, summer-memory cutaway, or mid-century leisure beat.
Historical context: The scene reflects automobile-era vacation mobility around a lakeside community, with walkers, docks, and shoreline homes sharing the same waterfront space.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no brands are readable, and copyright clearance is separate from location or personal rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s Lake George home movie, vintage 8mm lakeside traffic, mid-century cars by water, marina docks, and New York vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Lake George 1955 material, then broader 1950s lakeside travel, marina, and classic-car street scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Lake George waterfront view with mid-century cars near a road, marina docks, blue water, shoreline houses, and wooded hills. — Cars line a waterfront road near docks and houses across Lake George.

Lake George waterfront in 1955 with pedestrians, mid-century cars, marina docks, boats, shoreline homes, and wooded hills in view. — Pedestrians and cars appear along the lakefront beside marina docks.

A white mid-century car travels beside Lake George while pedestrians, parked cars, docks, trees, and distant hills frame the waterfront. — A white car drives past the lakefront with walkers and docks nearby.

Lake George waterfront view from shade, showing pedestrians near the road, parked cars below, blue water, trees, and wooded hills. — Dark foreground framing surrounds a lakeside road, pedestrians, cars, and open water.

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