Wisconsin-1966: Sailboat Regatta on Lake

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Wisconsin

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Sailboat Regatta on Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a fleet of small sailboats with white sails gliding across a calm lake. The boats, marked with numbers, are lined up in a race or regatta, with a tree-lined shore visible in the background. The footage shows slight camera movement, likely filmed from another boat, with natural daylight and the characteristic grain and color palette of 1960s Super 8 film. This archival clip evokes a sense of mid-century Americana and leisurely summer 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: 127403480

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: 1966 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: Wisconsin, 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

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 Wisconsin lake recreation requests needing editorial or documentary cutaways of small sailboats in an amateur regatta setting.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, small one-design sailboats, and wooded lakeshore may show mid-1960s summer leisure in Wisconsin.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor or participant viewpoint from the water, observing sailboats passing without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white sails, small hulls, seated boaters, rippled lake water, a wooded shoreline, distant lakeside structures, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, muted color, slight handheld drift, gate edges, and exposure variation typical of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for summer recreation, lake culture, or amateur sailing scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents small-boat leisure on a Wisconsin lake, with multiple craft moving together near a tree-lined shore.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos or private-property details are apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1966 Wisconsin 8mm sailboats, vintage lake regatta footage, 1960s home movie sailing, and summer recreation on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Wisconsin 1966 lake footage, then broader 1960s boating, sailing, and summer recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing small sailboats with white sails on calm lake water near a tree-lined shore. — Sailboats gather on the lake with a wooded shoreline in the distance.

Small white-sailed boats pass in a loose line on a Wisconsin lake, with boaters faintly visible aboard. — A group of sailboats moves across the frame near the shore.

1960s home-movie frame of multiple small sailboats on a Wisconsin lake, with a larger sailboat close to the camera. — Several sailboats pass in front of a wooded lakeshore.

Wide 8mm view of small sailboats lined across a Wisconsin lake, with wooded shoreline and distant waterfront structures. — Sailboats spread across the lake in a loose line.

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