Florida USA-1963: Small Boat Martha Mae In The Sea With Man In Suit Waving

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Small Boat Martha Mae In The Sea With Man In Suit Waving — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage footage captures a small wooden motorboat named Martha Mae gliding across calm waters in Florida. A man in a dark suit waves from the deck while another person steers, with an American flag fluttering at the stern. The boat, with its white hull and brown trim, moves past a distant shoreline. The final frames show the vessel from a distance, with seagulls flying overhead, all rendered in the warm, grainy aesthetic of a classic home movie.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127011017

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1338 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: hart wedding
Reel-level year note: 1962-1963-1964
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1963 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 coastal recreation, small motorboat travel, waterfront arrivals, or home-movie inserts in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The 1963 8mm footage shows a wooden motorboat, formal suit clothing, an American stern flag, and a busy waterfront or beach area that may reflect mid-century leisure travel.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged wave from the suited passenger, the casual boat handling, and the distant beach crowd seen from a visitor's shoreline perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Martha Mae motorboat, a suited man waving, a helm operator, an American flag, calm water, a beach crowd, palms, shoreline buildings, and gulls.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild gate weave, warm exposure shifts, and contact-print texture that support its home-movie archival character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal arrival insert, boating cutaway, Florida travel transition, or brief memory beat between beach and waterfront scenes.
Historical context: The footage places small-craft recreation beside a public beach or waterfront crowd, suggesting everyday leisure rather than a staged event or official ceremony.
Research note: People, faces, the named boat Martha Mae, and an American flag are visible, so likeness and vessel-identification review may be needed apart from copyright assessment.
Research search match: Search matches include 1963 Florida 8mm boat footage, Martha Mae motorboat, man waving from boat, beach crowd home movie, and vintage coastal recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1963 Florida waterfront or beach clips, then broader 1960s boating, vacation, and seaside recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Florida 8mm frame of the Martha Mae motorboat near shore, with a suited passenger waving while another person stands near the helm. — A suited passenger waves from the Martha Mae as the small motorboat passes close to shore.

1963 Florida waterfront view with people gathered along a beach or pier area, seen softly across the water on 8mm film. — People gather along a waterfront or beach area with palms and low buildings in the background.

1963 Florida home-movie frame showing a distant public beach or waterfront scene with groups of people near palms and low buildings. — A soft-focus view across the water shows beachgoers or onlookers gathered near the shoreline.

1963 Florida 8mm frame of the Martha Mae seen from behind on open water, with gulls crossing the foreground and horizon beyond. — The Martha Mae moves away across calm water as gulls pass between the camera and boat.

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