Holland Michigan-1969: Boat At A Distance Sailing In A Body Of Water While The Sun Sets

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

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Boat At A Distance Sailing In A Body Of Water While The... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over a calm body of water in Holland, Michigan. The golden sun dips below distant hills, casting a warm, reflective glow across the rippling surface. A small sailboat glides in the distance, its silhouette framed by the vibrant orange and purple sky. On the left, a wooden dock extends into the water, adding depth to the tranquil scene. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, timeless atmosphere perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

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: 125594662

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 8mm home-movie footage suited to requests for quiet Midwestern waterfront sunsets, sailboat cutaways, and reflective nature inserts.
Period detail: The scene may show late-1960s amateur filming through its 8mm color stock, soft exposure shifts, and simple lakeside composition rather than visible dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observer's pause at the water, holding on the sun, rippled reflection, dock, and distant boat from a shore-facing vantage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low sun, orange-purple sky, dark shoreline, calm water, vertical sun reflection, small sailboat, wooden pier, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Warm color saturation, visible grain, slight softness, and minor handheld framing give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a contemplative transition, end-of-day insert, location cutaway, or memory beat between travel or family scenes.
Historical context: As Holland, Michigan home-movie footage from 1969, it documents a leisure waterfront view without showing identifiable people, signage, or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property concerns for their project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 8mm Holland Michigan sunset footage, vintage sailboat on water, lake reflection home movie, and 1960s waterfront cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Holland, Michigan 1969 material, then broader vintage lake, boating, sunset, or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Holland, Michigan 8mm frame showing a low sun over water, a dark shoreline, a dock at left, and a small distant boat. — Low sun reflects across the water near a dock and distant boat.

1969 Holland, Michigan 8mm frame with the sun near the horizon, a sailboat on the water, and a pier extending from the left. — A sailboat sits in silhouette beneath the setting sun over calm water.

1969 Holland, Michigan 8mm frame showing a bright sun above the shoreline, a sailboat below it, and a dock at the left edge. — The sun hangs above the shoreline as a small sailboat rests on the water.

1969 Holland, Michigan 8mm frame with a glowing sunset, long water reflection, small sailboat, and pier silhouetted at left. — A long golden reflection leads from the sunset toward the foreground water.

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