Holland Michigan-1969: A Man Walks Along The Beach Near A Weathered Wooden Structure

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

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A Man Walks Along The Beach Near A Weathered Wooden... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a man walking along a sandy shoreline in Holland, Michigan. The footage opens on a weathered wooden structure, possibly a shipwreck or pier fragment, half-buried in the sand under warm, golden light. The man, seen from behind wearing a beige sweater and dark pants, walks steadily across the textured beach. The grainy, sun-drenched aesthetic and natural lighting evoke a nostalgic, reflective mood, characteristic of personal 1960s home movies. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring Americana and personal memory.

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: 125594291

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 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 quiet Great Lakes beach atmosphere, home-movie shoreline footage, or a reflective cutaway with a lone adult figure.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1960s casual beachwear and an 8mm home-movie view of a sandy Holland, Michigan shoreline with a weathered wooden structure.
Home-movie behavior: The human value comes from an unstaged rear view of a man walking across the sand, observed with the calm distance of personal travel or family footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled sand, footprints, a dark weathered wooden structure, warm low sunlight, a distant shoreline surface, and a man in a beige sweater.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight gate framing, and handheld exposure shifts that give it authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective insert, beach transition, memory beat, or cutaway between broader scenes about travel, shoreline change, or personal recollection.
Historical context: The frames provide visual context for a quiet Michigan beach visit in 1969 without showing crowds, signage, or identifiable public events.
Research note: An adult person is visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, children, audible music, or clear private property are apparent.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Holland Michigan 8mm beach footage, Great Lakes home movie shoreline, weathered wooden structure in sand, and man walking on beach.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Holland, Michigan beach footage, then broader 1960s Great Lakes travel and shoreline home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm frame from Holland, Michigan showing a weathered wooden structure in rippled beach sand under warm sunlight. — A dark wooden structure stands partly buried in the sand near the shoreline.

The Holland, Michigan beach scene continues with a dark wooden structure casting across textured sand in warm 8mm light. — The camera holds on the weathered structure and surrounding patterned sand.

A closer 8mm view shows the weathered wooden beach structure partly embedded in sand at Holland, Michigan in 1969. — A closer frame emphasizes the structure's dark planks and the uneven sandy surface.

An adult man, seen from behind, walks across the sandy Holland, Michigan beach in 1969 home-movie footage. — A man walks away from the camera across the textured beach.

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