Wisconsin-1966: Motorboat Passing Through Fleet of Sailboats

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Wisconsin

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Motorboat Passing Through Fleet of Sailboats — Clip Details

WISCONSIN-1966: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a small motorboat navigating through a fleet of sailboats on a calm lake. The scene unfolds under an overcast sky, with white sails dotting the water and a tree-lined shore visible in the distance. A person in a red shirt is seen in the motorboat, which moves steadily across the frame. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American summer. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about 1960s leisure and boating culture.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127403551

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Wisconsin home-movie lake footage for edits needing recreational boating, small motorboat movement, or sailboat fleet atmosphere.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage and small open motorboat may show mid-1960s leisure boating, supported by the 1966 Wisconsin metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from shore or another boat as a motorboat passes among sailboats, giving the scene an unstaged family-record perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat with passengers, many white sailboats, open lake water, distant wooded shoreline, hazy sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges give the clip a recognizable 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for summer recreation, lake travel, sailing, or 1960s family leisure.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational boating on a Wisconsin lake, with sailboats and a small motorboat sharing calm water near a wooded shore.
Research note: People are visible at a distance in the motorboat, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, children, music, or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1966 Wisconsin 8mm boating footage, sailboats on a lake, small motorboat among sailboats, or mid-century home-movie lake recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1966 Wisconsin lake footage, then broader 1960s boating, sailing, and summer recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a small motorboat near a scattered group of white sailboats on a lake. — A small motorboat moves near sailboats on open water with shoreline in the distance.

1966 Wisconsin 8mm frame with a small motorboat in front of a lake fleet of white sailboats. — A motorboat passes across the lake as multiple sailboats move in the background.

1966 Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a motorboat below clustered sailboats near a wooded lakeshore. — The motorboat continues past a group of sailboats against a tree-lined shore.

1966 Wisconsin 8mm frame with a small motorboat and nearby sailboats on a lake near a wooded shoreline. — A small motorboat travels through the foreground while sailboats continue across the lake.

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