Cape Cod Massachusetts-1956: White Motorboat On Calm Water

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

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White Motorboat On Calm Water — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1956, showing a classic white and brown motorboat on calm water. The boat, with its distinctive rounded cabin and life preserver, is seen at rest and then moving across the water, leaving a gentle wake. The footage, shot on 8mm film, displays characteristic grain and soft focus, capturing a nostalgic summer day with a tree-lined shore in the background under an overcast sky.

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: 125304499

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 or New England boating edits needing brief archival home-movie footage of a classic motorboat on calm water.
Period detail: The rounded cabin, white hull, varnished brown trim, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1950s recreational boating setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged shoreline viewing perspective, watching the boat pass and recede across the water like a family vacation record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white and brown cabin motorboat, calm water, tree-lined shore, overcast sky, boat wake, and soft film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, mild gate weave, muted color, and handheld framing that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a boating cutaway, Cape Cod summer insert, waterside transition, or quiet memory beat in a 1950s sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century leisure boating in a coastal Massachusetts setting without showing identifiable people, brands, or landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private property are visible, but copyright, location context, and vessel identification should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1956 Cape Cod 8mm motorboat footage, 1950s New England boating, vintage cabin cruiser, and home movie watercraft.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Cape Cod boating shots, then 1956 Massachusetts waterfront footage, then broader 1950s recreational watercraft clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

A 1956 Cape Cod home-movie frame shows a white and brown cabin motorboat at close range on calm water. — Close side view of a white and brown cabin motorboat on the water.

The white and brown cabin motorboat remains near the camera, with dark film borders and shoreline behind it. — Cabin motorboat framed by dark 8mm edges with shoreline in the background.

A Cape Cod motorboat moves away from the camera, partially obscured by a dark foreground shape, leaving disturbed water behind. — Motorboat moving away across calm water with a wooded shoreline beyond.

The motorboat appears farther out on Cape Cod water, with a soft wake in the foreground and trees along the far shore. — Motorboat receding across the water, leaving a low wake near shore.

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