California-1959: White Motorboat Docked at Marina

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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White Motorboat Docked at Marina — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day at a California marina. The footage opens on a tall mast against a bright blue sky with scattered clouds, then pans to reveal a white motorboat docked at a wooden pier. Several people, including young boys, are visible on the dock and boat, enjoying the warm weather. The scene is filled with the classic look of mid-century Super 8 film—vibrant colors, slight grain, and natural light—evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of a family outing by the water.

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: 125508319

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 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

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 1950s California leisure, boating, marina, and family-travel productions needing brief home-movie waterfront atmosphere.
Period detail: The white cabin boat, wooden pier, sailboat masts, color 8mm stock, and casual marina setting may show mid-century recreational boating culture.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld pan from mast and sky toward docked boats gives the scene an unstaged visitor viewpoint at a marina.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue sky, scattered clouds, sailboat masts, a white cabin boat, wooden dock posts, moored boats, water, and small figures on the pier.
Film character: Soft focus, saturated color, gate edges, dust specks, and mild exposure variation give the brief shot clear 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a waterfront insert, travel transition, boating cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a California leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage situates recreational boating as part of sunny outdoor family or visitor activity, while avoiding identification of the specific marina.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright, location, and property questions remain separate.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1959 California marina home movie, 1950s docked white boat, vintage 8mm boating footage, and sunny pier with sailboat masts.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1959 California waterfront scenes, then broader 1950s boating and marina footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A tall mast stands against a bright cloudy sky in 1959 California 8mm marina footage. — Opening frame of mast and clouds before the marina comes into view.

White cabin boat moored at a California marina pier, with masts and dock posts visible in 1959 home-movie footage. — White motorboat tied near the dock with marina posts and sky behind it.

California marina view with a white boat, wooden pier, masts, water, and distant people in 1959 8mm footage. — The pan widens to show the dock, moored boat, water, and small figures near the pier.

Wide marina frame in 1959 California home-movie footage, showing masts, dock posts, water, and a covered moored boat. — Final frame holds on a wider marina view with masts, pier, water, and a covered boat.

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