Florida USA-1962: A Large Body Of Water And A Jet Ski Passing By Quickly

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Florida

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A Large Body Of Water And A Jet Ski Passing By Quickly — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a distant view of a large body of water, likely a lake or coastal bay, seen through a dark frame or window. The image is hazy and slightly blurred, with a purple-tinged color palette typical of aged film. A faint shoreline with trees and structures is visible in the distance. The water shows gentle ripples, and the overall mood is nostalgic and serene, evoking a quiet moment from a mid-century American vacation. The footage exhibits natural film grain and vertical scratches, enhancing its authentic archival quality.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 126998105

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 1332 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1961-1962
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1962 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: Florida, 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 Florida archival requests needing a brief water-view cutaway, vacation insert, or atmospheric transition from 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century Florida shoreline viewed across open water, with era cues coming mainly from the 1962 8mm source and faded home-movie color.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a distant, casual view across the water, giving the clip the feel of a visitor filming scenery rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled water, a hazy far shoreline, low trees or structures, dark vertical frame edges, faded sky, and film scratches.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, purple-pink color shift, light grain, vertical scratches, and uneven exposure typical of aged 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet establishing insert, shoreline cutaway, memory beat, or transition within a Florida travel or family-vacation sequence.
Historical context: The clip reflects a recreational waterfront viewpoint in Florida during the early 1960s, without enough visible detail to identify the exact body of water or site.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private property are visible, but copyright and any location or property issues should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1962 Florida 8mm water view, vintage home movie shoreline, hazy lake or bay footage, and mid-century vacation water cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1962 Florida waterfront scenes, then with broader vintage water, travel, or vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Florida 8mm frame showing rippled water and a faint far shoreline through dark vertical edges. — Distant shoreline across rippled water, seen through a dark framing edge.

Faded 1962 Florida waterfront view with soft focus, rippled water, and a distant tree-lined shore. — Soft, faded view of open water with a low shoreline in the distance.

1962 Florida home-movie frame with a broad water surface and hazy shoreline under faded color. — Broad rippled water with a faint shoreline and dark frame bars.

Faded 8mm waterfront view from 1962 Florida, showing open water and an indistinct far shore. — Low shoreline across open water in a softly focused home-movie frame.

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