Florida USA-1962: Motorboat Speeding Across Water with Large Wake

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

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Motorboat Speeding Across Water with Large Wake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a thrilling water scene in Florida. A motorboat speeds across the water, leaving a wide wake as it cuts through the waves. The footage shows the boat maneuvering at high speed, with a person visible in the distance on a small craft. The scene is framed by the characteristic borders of an 8mm home movie, with visible grain and a slightly faded color palette typical of 1960s amateur film. The action conveys excitement and the carefree spirit of a summer day on the water.

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: 127002103

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Florida 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing recreational boating, summer leisure, or vintage water-sport action.
Period detail: The small motorboat, faded color, 8mm frame edges, and home-movie handling support an early-1960s leisure-boating setting in Florida.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged spectator viewpoint, following a fast boat as it throws spray and wake across open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a speeding motorboat, broad wake, choppy water, distant shoreline trees, small craft in the background, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, faded blue-gray color, grain, gate borders, and slight handheld instability give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief action insert, recreational cutaway, transition beat, or memory flash of mid-century boating.
Historical context: The footage reflects casual waterside recreation and amateur filming of a fast motorboat rather than a staged sporting event.
Research note: People appear small and not clearly identifiable, but likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s Florida motorboat home movie, vintage 8mm boating wake, and mid-century recreational water footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Florida 1962 water scenes, then broader vintage boating and summer recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Florida 8mm frame showing a motorboat moving across open water with spray and wake behind it. — A motorboat crosses the water at speed, trailed by a widening wake.

1962 Florida 8mm frame with a motorboat cutting through rough water while distant small craft sit near the far shore. — The boat cuts across the frame, throwing spray as it passes a distant shoreline.

1962 Florida 8mm frame where the boat has passed near the edge, leaving turbulent wake and white spray across the water. — The boat moves out of view while its wake churns across the surface.

1962 Florida 8mm frame showing turbulent wake and spray after a motorboat passes across the water. — The remaining wake fills the frame after the motorboat speeds past.

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