Cape Cod Massachusetts-1956: Seagulls Flying Around And Landing On Fishing Boat Bob-AL

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationCape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Cape Cod Massachusetts

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Seagulls Flying Around And Landing On Fishing Boat Bob-AL — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures a fishing boat named 'BOB-AL' at sea off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Seagulls swarm the vessel, flying in tight formation and landing on the deck in search of food. The footage shows a sailor in a white cap observing the birds, with the open ocean and distant shoreline visible under a cloudy sky. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film adds to the authentic, nostalgic feel of this archival maritime scene.

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: 125304041

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 1039 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: jones beach,hyde park,cape cod
Reel-level year note: 1956
Reel-level location note: hyde park, cape cod
Date: 1956 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: Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 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: 1950s Cape Cod maritime home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts about fishing boats, coastal wildlife, or midcentury seaside travel.
Period detail: The small working boat, simple deck gear, gull activity, and faded 8mm color may show a mid-1950s recreational or harbor-view filming perspective.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer quality, watching gulls circle and settle near a named fishing boat rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a fishing boat marked BOB-AL, gulls in flight, mast rigging, a hoist or boom, open water, and a low distant shoreline.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, slight blur, and muted color give the scanned 8mm footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief coastal cutaway, maritime transition, wildlife insert, or memory beat within a Cape Cod or fishing sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places seabirds and a working-style boat in a coastal Massachusetts setting without proving a specific harbor, crew identity, or event.
Research note: The boat name is visible and at least one person may be aboard, so copyright, vessel identification, and possible likeness issues should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm Cape Cod fishing boat, gulls around boat, vintage Massachusetts coast, and home movie seabirds at sea.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other 1956 Cape Cod footage, then broader midcentury coastal fishing, harbor, and seabird material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Cape Cod 8mm frame showing a partly cropped fishing boat at sea, gulls in the sky, and a low shoreline in the distance. — A partly framed fishing boat moves or rests offshore as gulls fly over the water.

1956 Cape Cod home-movie frame with the boat name BOB-AL visible, gulls circling, rigging, cabin, and open water behind. — Gulls wheel around the named fishing boat BOB-AL near its cabin and rigging.

Cape Cod 1956 8mm frame showing the BOB-AL fishing boat from the side, with gulls around the rigging and water beyond. — The boat fills the frame as gulls pass close to the mast and deck gear.

1956 Cape Cod frame with gulls crossing the sky around a fishing boat mast, cabin, rigging, and distant shoreline. — Gulls scatter across the frame around the boat mast with shoreline visible beyond.

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