Lake George New York-1955: Large Group Of People Walking On A Bridge After

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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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Large Group Of People Walking On A Bridge After — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a large group of people disembarking from a ferry at a lakeside dock in Lake George, New York. Men in suits and fedoras, women in dresses and hats, and families with children walk along the wooden pier, their 1950s attire reflecting the era's style. The scene unfolds under bright sunlight, with a classic white and brown motorboat named 'RANGER' moored at the dock and distant mountains visible across the water. The footage exudes a nostalgic, candid charm, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American leisure and travel.

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: 125302578

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

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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 American leisure, travel, ferry, and lakeside tourism sequences in documentary, museum, education, or period-context edits.
Period detail: Men in suits, fedoras, straw hats, dresses, and cardigans may show mid-1950s vacation clothing and public excursion style.
Home-movie behavior: The value is candid visitor-shot movement as passengers step off a boat and walk along a dock without staging for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a crowded dock, a white and brown motorboat, lake water, railings, sunlit passengers, hats, suits, dresses, and distant shoreline.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, mild gate weave, bright outdoor exposure, and handheld framing typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for arrivals, summer excursions, ferry travel, or mid-century vacation life.
Historical context: The scene visually places mixed-age travelers in a public lakeside recreation setting, with clothing and dock activity reflecting postwar American leisure habits.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and the boat name appears visible, so likeness and trademark or identification review may be needed separate from footage copyright.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Lake George ferry dock, vintage 8mm vacation boat passengers, mid-century lakeside tourism, and home movie dock arrival.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lake George 1955 dock or boat footage, then broader 1950s vacation and lake travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Lake George, New York, 1955 home-movie footage, adults in mid-century clothing walk on a dock beside the lake. — A group of passengers moves along the dock after disembarking near the lakeside boat.

Passengers in 1950s attire walk toward the camera on a Lake George dock, with a white and brown motorboat behind them. — Sunlit passengers approach the camera on the dock with the moored boat in the background.

A white and brown boat marked RANGER sits by the dock as adults walk and pause near the water in Lake George. — Passengers and dockside visitors pass near the moored boat marked RANGER.

Adults in hats and cardigans walk along the Lake George dock beside the moored RANGER boat in 1955 home-movie footage. — Dockside passengers pass in front of the boat as the lake glints behind them.

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