Michigan USA-1960: Sunset over Harbor with Docked Motorboat

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Michigan

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Sunset over Harbor with Docked Motorboat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over a calm Michigan harbor. A white motorboat is docked on the left, its silhouette framed by the glowing orange sun setting behind a distant tree line. The golden light reflects in a shimmering path across the water, with a wooden dock visible on the right. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, peaceful summer evening.

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: 125497362

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 2039 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: d danielar
Reel-level year note: 1960
Reel-level location note: detroit michigan
Date: 1960 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: Michigan, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s U.S. home-movie requests needing a quiet harbor sunset, recreational boating, or Great Lakes summer atmosphere as an archival insert.
Period detail: The docked motorboat, small harbor setting, and saturated 8mm color may show mid-century recreational waterfront life in Michigan.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on an unstaged sunset view from near a dock, giving the scene the observational feel of a family trip or evening waterfront stop.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorboat, calm harbor water, low tree line, orange sun, reflected light path, clouds, and a dock or piling at right.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, high contrast sunset exposure, and slight frame variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective cutaway, passage-of-time transition, travel memory beat, or quiet establishing insert for Michigan waterfront material.
Historical context: The scene places leisure boating and shoreline observation within a modest 1960s home-movie context without identifying a specific harbor or event.
Research note: No people are visible, but copyright status, location identification, vessel ownership, and any property permissions should still be checked for the intended use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1960 Michigan 8mm harbor sunset, vintage home movie motorboat dock, calm water reflection, and mid-century boating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Michigan 1960 waterfront scenes, then broader 1960s boating or sunset home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Michigan 8mm frame showing a dim harbor sunset, docked motorboat at left, tree line, and orange reflection across calm water. — A low orange sun reflects on harbor water beside a docked motorboat.

1960 Michigan harbor view with a white motorboat at left, bright sun above a dark tree line, and a vertical reflection on the water. — The motorboat sits in shadow as the sun brightens over the harbor.

1960 Michigan 8mm still of a white motorboat by the harbor, with the sun and its yellow reflection centered beyond a dark shoreline. — Sunset light forms a bright path across the water near the docked boat.

1960 Michigan home-movie frame showing a motorboat, right-side dock structure, distant tree line, and warm sun reflection on still water. — The harbor view holds on the boat, dock, and glowing sunset reflection.

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