California-1959: Boats Docked In Canal Surrounded By Palm Trees With Supercity

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Boats Docked In Canal Surrounded By Palm Trees With... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1959 captures a classic white motor yacht named 'MERRY SEAS-V' docked in a calm canal in California. The boat, featuring a blue stripe and a covered cabin, is surrounded by lush palm trees and dense green foliage. In the background, a white car is parked near the dock, and a modern high-rise building rises in the distance, blending mid-century architecture with tropical scenery. The footage, shot on Super 8 film, shows gentle water ripples and a serene atmosphere, with a second boat named 'JOAN' visible in later frames. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic vignette of 8mm home movies, evoking a nostalgic 1950s American leisure lifestyle.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125508213

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1084 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: philip 15 mos,santa anita,vegas,arizona,new mexico
Reel-level year note: 1958-1959
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1959 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: California, 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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s California leisure, boating, canal, and marina cutaway requests for documentary, museum, education, or commercial archive edits.
Period detail: The white motor yachts, older dockside car, palm-lined canal, and distant mid-century high-rise may show late-1950s coastal California recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of casual visitor or family filming, observing docked boats from water level without staged action or formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white cabin cruisers, boat names on sterns, canal water, dock pilings, palm trees, a parked car, and a distant white building.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows visible grain, soft focus, saturated greens and blues, slight color shift, edge vignetting, and handheld framing as archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, leisure cutaway, transition between travel scenes, or quiet memory beat around boating culture.
Historical context: The footage places recreational motorboats in a landscaped canal setting, with tropical planting and urban development visible in the same view.
Research note: Boat names and any visible people or likenesses should be reviewed separately from film copyright, with no assumption of trademark, property, or model clearance.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 California boating home movie, 1950s canal yacht footage, 8mm marina docked boats, and palm-lined waterway archive clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other California 1959 travel or waterfront footage, then with broader 1950s boating and recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 California 8mm frame showing a white cabin cruiser with blue stripe moored in a palm-lined canal. — A white motor yacht sits beside dock pilings on calm canal water.

White motor yacht named MERRY SEAS-V moored in a California canal, with foliage and dock structures behind it. — The stern name MERRY SEAS-V is visible as the yacht rests at the dock.

1959 California home-movie frame of MERRY SEAS-V from the stern, showing the yacht moored among canal pilings and greenery. — MERRY SEAS-V is framed from behind, with the cabin and dockside foliage visible.

California 8mm frame showing the stern of a boat named JOAN in a canal, with palms and a distant white high-rise building. — The boat JOAN is seen from behind along the canal, with urban buildings beyond the trees.

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