Holland Michigan-1969: Sun Peeking Through Clouds On A Sunset Near Beach

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

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Sun Peeking Through Clouds On A Sunset Near Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over a calm ocean, with the sun peeking through scattered clouds near the horizon. A lone sailboat glides across the water, silhouetted against the warm glow of the setting sun. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, timeless feel. The scene is framed by dark borders, suggesting a home projector view, with soft hues of orange, pink, and purple blending in the sky. This authentic archival clip offers a peaceful moment of nature and memory, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 125594313

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: 1969 Holland, Michigan home-movie sunset footage suited to documentary inserts, memory sequences, or lakefront atmosphere in archival edits.
Period detail: The clip shows an 8mm color home-movie view of open water and sunset, with period clues mainly in the film format, color response, grain, and contact-frame edges.
Home-movie behavior: The footage preserves an unstaged shoreline viewing moment, with the camera lingering on the sun, clouds, and a distant sail on the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low sun, layered clouds, open water, a distant sail or windsurfer silhouette, dark frame borders, soft sky color, and film grain.
Film character: The scan carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, gate-edge darkness, slight exposure variation, and saturated sunset color typical of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet transition, coastal cutaway, reflective memory beat, or establishing insert for a 1960s Great Lakes setting.
Historical context: The scene documents a leisure shoreline view near Holland, Michigan, emphasizing landscape and weather rather than identifiable people, buildings, or events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any production-specific location or archive requirements.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1969 8mm Holland Michigan sunset, Great Lakes beach home movie, vintage lake sunset, and distant sail silhouette footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Holland, Michigan 1969 material, then with beach, lake, sunset, and 1960s home-movie themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Holland, Michigan 8mm frame showing the sun low behind clouds over water, with a tiny sail silhouette near the horizon. — Low sun glows through layered clouds above open water, with a small distant sail visible near the horizon.

1969 Holland, Michigan 8mm frame of a sunset over open water, framed by dark film edges and a small distant sail silhouette. — The sun sits just above the horizon behind cloud cover, with open water below and a faint sail silhouette in the distance.

1969 Holland, Michigan 8mm frame with the sun diffused by clouds above rippled water and a small sail silhouette offshore. — Clouds soften the setting sun while rippled water fills the lower frame and a small sail remains visible offshore.

1969 Holland, Michigan 8mm frame showing an orange sun behind cloud cover over open water, with a small distant sail silhouette. — An orange sun glows beneath a bank of clouds as the water darkens and a lone distant sail marks the horizon.

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