Washington-1964: Motorboat Speeding Across Choppy 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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Motorboat Speeding Across Choppy Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a motorboat speeding across choppy water, leaving a white wake behind. The high-angle view shows the boat navigating rough waves, with a second motorboat briefly visible in the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic 1960s recreational boating scene. The dark, textured water contrasts with the white foam, creating a dynamic, energetic mood. This archival clip offers authentic 1960s Americana for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 127383644

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 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: Washington, 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 1960s Pacific Northwest recreation, boating, water-sports, or home-movie inserts in documentary and editorial productions.
Period detail: The small motorboat and faded 8mm color may show mid-1960s recreational boating, with Washington location and 1964 date supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The high-angle framing feels like an observer filming from shore, a bridge, or another elevated vantage point as a boat cuts through rough water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorboat, dark choppy water, white foam, wake trails, rough surface texture, and a distant second boat in one frame.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, and slight motion blur that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief action cutaway, travel transition, recreational memory beat, or establishing insert for boating on rough water.
Historical context: The footage reflects leisure boating as captured by a home-movie camera, without visible people, landmarks, signage, or identifiable shoreline context.
Research note: No faces, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or vessel-identification concerns.
Research search match: Searches such as 1964 Washington 8mm motorboat, vintage home movie boating, choppy water wake, and 1960s recreation footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel boating shots, then other 1964 Washington water footage, then broader 1960s recreation and travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A white motorboat speeds through choppy Washington water in 1964 home-movie footage, leaving a pale wake behind it. — Motorboat cuts across rough water with foamy wake trailing behind.

The boat continues across rough water, seen from above with foaming wave lines and no visible passengers or shoreline. — Boat moves through a patch of white foam on dark, textured water.

A small white motorboat travels across the frame, surrounded by broken foam and dark rippled water in 8mm footage. — Small boat crosses choppy water while foam spreads across the surface.

Two motorboats appear on rough Washington water, one nearer the top and another lower in frame, both surrounded by foamy wake. — Two motorboats are briefly visible amid rough water and spreading foam.

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