Cape Cod Massachusetts-1956: Dark-Hulled Fishing Boat on Calm Waters

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

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Dark-Hulled Fishing Boat on Calm Waters — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures a classic fishing boat gliding across calm waters in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The dark-hulled vessel with a light-colored cabin moves steadily through the water, its wake rippling behind. A dense line of green trees forms the backdrop along the shoreline under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and soft focus of mid-century amateur film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into 1950s coastal recreation and leisure. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content.

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: 125304508

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: Supports requests for 1950s Cape Cod coastal recreation, small craft, and amateur home-movie cutaways for documentary or period edit use.
Period detail: The cabin cruiser, sailboat, wooded shoreline, and soft 8mm color may show mid-1950s leisure boating in Cape Cod without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a visitor filming boats from shore or another boat, with no staging or direct interaction visible.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark-hulled cabin boat, calm water, low wooded shoreline, overcast sky, film frame edges, and a sailboat in the final view.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, mild exposure variation, gate edges, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short coastal insert, transition, memory beat, or establishing cutaway for 1950s New England recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects small-boat leisure on sheltered water, with shoreline greenery and modest craft suggesting a local vacation or recreational outing.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright, vessel/property context, and location identification should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1956 Cape Cod boating, 1950s 8mm fishing boat, vintage Massachusetts water footage, and home movie cabin cruiser.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1956 Cape Cod footage, then broader 1950s boating or coastal vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Cape Cod 8mm frame showing a small dark-hulled cabin boat crossing calm water near a low wooded shore. — A cabin boat moves across sheltered water with trees lining the far shore.

The Cape Cod home-movie frame shows a cabin cruiser passing across the water against a dark green shoreline. — The boat sits nearer the center of the frame as it passes the wooded shoreline.

A dark-hulled cabin boat fills more of the 8mm frame, with Cape Cod shoreline trees and rippled water visible. — The dark-hulled craft passes through the lower frame on rippled water.

The final 1956 Cape Cod frame shows a sailboat moored or moving slowly near a wooded shore on calm water. — A sailboat appears near the shoreline as the shot shifts away from the cabin boat.

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