Minnesota USA-1964: Lakeside Motorboats at Dusk

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Lakeside Motorboats at Dusk — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene in Minnesota. The clip opens with a hazy, pink-tinged sky at dusk or dawn, silhouetting distant trees and a building against the soft light. The view then shifts to a wide expanse of calm water where several small motorboats glide across the surface, leaving white wakes behind. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a summer day. The overall mood is peaceful and reflective, with the natural landscape and leisure activity captured in authentic, unpolished 1960s home movie style.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125308170

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Minnesota, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: 1960s Minnesota home-movie footage suited to documentary or editorial requests for lakeside recreation, small motorboats, and quiet summer water scenes.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-1960s leisure boating through small open motorboats, soft color stock, and an unpolished 8mm home-movie view of a lake at dusk or dawn.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an unstaged observer's view from shore or an elevated lakeside point as boats pass across open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a hazy sky, dark tree line, distant building silhouette, broad lake surface, small motorboats, white wakes, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, muted pink and blue color shifts, soft focus, slight blur, and contact-sheet framing that support its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief transition, memory beat, or cutaway for 1960s lake vacations, regional recreation, or reflective travel sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday lakeside leisure in Minnesota, with small motorboats crossing calm water rather than a staged event or identifiable public occasion.
Research note: People appear only as tiny boat occupants without readable faces, but likeness review may still be needed; no logos are visible and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 Minnesota 8mm lake footage, 1960s home movie motorboats, vintage lakeside recreation, and small boats at dusk.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Minnesota 1964 lake or vacation material, then broader 1960s boating and summer leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a hazy dusk or dawn lake horizon with trees and a distant building in silhouette. — A soft, pink-tinged lakeside horizon opens the clip before the boating views.

Small motorboats move across a Minnesota lake in 1964, with tiny occupants and long wakes visible on blue water. — Several small boats travel across the lake, spreading wakes over the calm surface.

1964 Minnesota home-movie frame of small motorboats gliding across open water with soft focus and visible film grain. — The boats continue across the frame, their wakes forming diagonal lines on the lake.

Blue-toned 8mm frame from 1964 Minnesota showing several small motorboats moving across a calm lake with visible wakes. — A wider view holds on the boats as their wakes stretch across the water.

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