Cape Cod Massachusetts-1956: Lady Laying Down On A Boat In A Light Purple Dress

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

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Lady Laying Down On A Boat In A Light Purple Dress — Clip Details

A woman in a light purple patterned dress lies on a boat, basking in the sun during a leisurely ride. Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures her relaxed pose, with her legs stretched out and feet resting on the boat's edge. The scene exudes 1950s Americana nostalgia, with natural light highlighting her sun-kissed skin and the textured fabric of her dress. The background reveals a calm waterway and distant shoreline, evoking a peaceful summer day on Cape Cod.

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: 125304292

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 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: Useful for 1950s Cape Cod leisure, boating, summer vacation, and domestic home-movie sequences needing a quiet sunbathing cutaway.
Period detail: The light patterned dress, varnished boat rail, and 8mm color look may show mid-1950s vacation style and small-boat recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an adult woman reclining casually on a boat, suggesting an unstaged family or travel moment during a warm-weather outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a reclining woman, bare legs and feet, a light patterned dress, boat railing, green deck surfaces, calm water, and distant wooded shoreline.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, warm exposure shifts, and slight handheld framing that preserve the texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, memory beat, or transition within sequences about vacation travel, seaside leisure, boating, or 1950s Americana.
Historical context: The scene reflects private leisure on the water, with attention on relaxed posture, sunlight, clothing, and the shoreline rather than a public event.
Research note: An adult person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, children, private property, or audible music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Searches such as 1956 Cape Cod 8mm boat ride, woman sunbathing on boat, 1950s summer vacation home movie, and vintage Massachusetts leisure footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1956 Cape Cod boating footage, then broader 1950s summer vacation and waterfront leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult woman reclining on a Cape Cod boat in 1956 footage, wearing a light patterned dress beside a rail and water. — A woman reclines in sunlight on the boat, her dress and torso framed close to the rail.

1956 Cape Cod home-movie frame showing a reclining woman on a boat with legs extended near the rail. — The camera holds a close, cropped view of the woman stretched out along the boat deck.

Bare legs and feet rest near a boat rail in 1956 Cape Cod footage, with water and wooded shore in the background. — Bare legs and feet are framed against the rail, water, and distant shoreline.

1956 Cape Cod frame of a reclining woman’s bent legs and light patterned dress on a boat near a wooded shoreline. — The final frame crops the woman at the legs and dress as the boat moves past the shoreline.

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