Holland Michigan-1969: Radar Dome and Marina Scene

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationHolland, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Holland Michigan

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Radar Dome and Marina Scene — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a white radar dome atop a metal tower against a deep blue sky, with trees visible below. The scene transitions to a marina with sailboats and motor yachts docked along a grassy shore, surrounded by dense green trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color saturation, and a nostalgic 1960s aesthetic, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical projects, or retro-themed 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: 125594117

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 1020 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: holland michigan
Date: 1969 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: Holland, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing Holland, Michigan waterfront infrastructure, marina atmosphere, or Great Lakes leisure cutaways from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show a radar dome on a metal tower, small boats, dock structures, grassy shoreline, and tree cover, with the 1969 date and Holland, Michigan location supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering first on the tower and then on docked boats without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white radar dome, lattice tower, blue sky, wooded shoreline, marina docks, sailboat masts, covered boats, motor yachts, grass, and a small dockside building.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows visible grain, saturated blue sky and greens, soft focus at distance, slight exposure shifts, and handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a geographic establishing insert, a waterfront transition, a technology-and-marina cutaway, or a quiet 1960s travel memory beat.
Historical context: The scene places marine leisure and shoreline infrastructure together, showing a small marina environment and nearby tower within a late-1960s home-movie travel record.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright, location identification, and any property or landmark permissions for their use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Holland Michigan 8mm marina footage, vintage radar dome tower, Great Lakes docked boats, and 1960s home movie waterfront cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Holland, Michigan material, then Great Lakes marina, boats, shoreline, or travel-home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Holland, Michigan 8mm frame showing a white radar dome atop a metal tower, with treetops below and deep blue sky behind it. — White radar dome and metal tower above a wooded shoreline.

1969 Holland, Michigan frame with the radar dome centered high above a wooded line, photographed in soft 8mm home-movie focus. — Radar dome tower seen above trees in a clear sky.

1969 Holland, Michigan marina view with motorboats, sailboat masts, a grassy foreground, wooded background, and a small dockside building. — Docked boats and sailboat masts along a wooded marina shoreline.

1969 Holland, Michigan 8mm marina frame showing covered boats, dock posts, tall masts, grass, and dense trees along the water. — Covered boats and masts at a small marina bordered by trees.

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