Yorktown Virginia-1958: View Of A Lake Shore With Breeze In-Front Of Houses And Boathouses

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationYorktown, Virginia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Yorktown Virginia

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View Of A Lake Shore With Breeze In-Front Of Houses And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside view in Yorktown, Virginia. The scene features a calm lake with a distant shoreline lined by houses, trees, and small boathouses. A lamp post stands in the foreground, partially framing the view. The footage shows subtle camera movement, likely handheld, with visible film grain and slight blurriness typical of Super 8 home movies. A breeze stirs the trees and water, adding gentle motion to the tranquil setting. The overall mood is nostalgic and peaceful, evoking mid-century Americana.

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: 127285881

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Yorktown, Virginia, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s editorial projects needing a quiet Yorktown, Virginia waterfront cutaway with houses, boathouses, trees, and light wind over water.
Period detail: The distant houses, simple boathouses, waterfront railing, and lamp post may show mid-century residential shoreline details in a small Virginia community.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie viewpoint, lingering across the water from a public-looking edge rather than staging a formal scenic composition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad water surface, far shoreline, houses, small boathouses, trees, a foreground lamp post, railing, and slight wind movement.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, visible grain, gate edges, scratches, and slight handheld drift give the shot clear 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, quiet transition, location cutaway, or reflective memory beat in a Yorktown or mid-century travel sequence.
Historical context: The view suggests everyday waterfront leisure or residential shoreline context, with no identifiable landmark or event visible in the sampled frames.
Research note: People are flagged for review at clip level, while visible property, likeness, and location identification should be assessed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm Yorktown Virginia waterfront, vintage home movie lake shore, houses and boathouses across water, and mid-century shoreline view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Yorktown waterfront material, then broader home-movie shoreline and small-town travel views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yorktown, Virginia home-movie frame showing water, a distant residential shore, boathouses, trees, a railing, and a tall lamp post. — Across the water, houses and small boathouses line a tree-covered shoreline behind a foreground railing and lamp post.

Yorktown, Virginia waterfront scene from 1958 with soft 8mm texture, showing houses, trees, boathouses, water, and a lamp post. — A steady home-movie view holds on the far shore, where small buildings sit among trees across the water.

1958 Yorktown waterfront view with houses and boathouses beyond the water, partly framed by a railing and a tall pole. — The camera drifts slightly as the shoreline buildings and trees remain visible beyond the water.

Final 1958 Yorktown frame showing the soft shoreline view across water, with houses, boathouses, trees, railing, and a foreground pole. — A foreground pole cuts through the view as houses and small shoreline structures sit across the water.

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