Washington-1964: Two Speedboats Racing Across Water

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Two Speedboats Racing Across Water — Clip Details

Two white speedboats race across dark water in this 1964 8mm home movie footage from Washington. Shot from an elevated angle, the boats leave long, frothy wakes as they speed side-by-side, capturing the thrill of mid-century water sports. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film borders evoke authentic vintage Super 8 nostalgia, perfect for documentaries, retro-themed projects, or historical content about 1960s recreation.

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: 127383610

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: 1964 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Washington, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Washington 8mm footage useful for archival requests about recreational boating, speedboat racing, and mid-century water sports.
Period detail: The small white motorboats and faded 8mm color may show a 1960s leisure boating scene, with no visible landmarks or readable identifiers in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The elevated home-movie viewpoint records the boats as passing action, preserving an unstaged spectator view of fast recreation on open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two white speedboats, dark rippled water, broad foamy wakes, an elevated camera angle, film borders, and slight frame softness.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm texture, muted color, soft focus, and slight exposure variation that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or kinetic memory beat for sequences about boating, summer leisure, or 1960s recreation.
Historical context: The footage reflects private recreational boating culture as seen through home-movie documentation, without enough visual evidence to identify the exact waterway.
Research note: People appear to be aboard the boats but faces are not discernible; copyright, likeness, and location/property considerations should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 Washington 8mm speedboats, 1960s home movie boat race, vintage recreational boating footage, and mid-century water sports.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby same-reel boating shots, then other Washington 1964 recreation footage, then broader 1960s water-sports or summer-leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington 8mm frame showing two white speedboats moving across dark water with broad wakes trailing behind. — Two speedboats run side by side across rippled water.

1964 Washington home-movie frame with two speedboats crossing the water, their wakes forming bright arcs behind them. — A lead boat cuts across the water as a second boat trails nearby.

1964 Washington 8mm frame showing two small motorboats on dark water, with foamy wakes spreading behind them. — Two boats continue their run across the frame, marked by bright wake trails.

1964 Washington frame of two speedboats on open water, with the nearer boat leaving a strong white wake. — The nearer speedboat cuts leftward as the second boat holds near the right side.

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