California-1961: Passing View Of Small Grey Boat On A Clear Day

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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Passing View Of Small Grey Boat On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a passing view of a small grey boat on calm waters under a clear sky. The footage, likely filmed from a moving vessel, shows a distant ship with stacked cargo and a crew member in a white hat on deck. The image is grainy with natural film artifacts, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century maritime travel and everyday life on the water, with a nostalgic, archival quality perfect for historical or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127408598

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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: Supports 1960s California maritime or harbor-life sequences needing brief home-movie footage of a small grey workboat or vessel seen from a moving boat.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage and mid-century harbor setting may show early 1960s leisure or waterfront travel, with no visible landmark or vessel name confirmed.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passing-boat viewpoint, suggesting a traveler filming nearby watercraft from another moving vessel rather than a formal maritime record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a grey boat hull, deck cargo or equipment, calm blue water, a distant shoreline, railings, a small flag, and a person in a white hat.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, mild exposure variation, and handheld drift give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, harbor transition, travel insert, or memory beat within a mid-century coastal sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents everyday waterfront observation in California in 1961, showing a small working or service vessel without enough detail to identify its operator.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are clearly readable, and copyright clearance remains separate.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1961 California 8mm harbor footage, small grey boat on water, vintage home movie vessel, or mid-century coastal travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 California waterfront footage, then broader vintage small-boat and harbor travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 California 8mm frame showing a small grey boat passing close by, with indistinct deck gear and soft film grain. — A small grey vessel passes close to the camera, its deck equipment blurred by motion and soft focus.

1961 California home-movie frame of a grey boat with clustered deck equipment, filmed from close range on the water. — Deck gear and low railings are visible on the grey boat as it moves past the camera.

Blurred 1961 California 8mm view of the side of a grey boat, with hull lines and deck shapes passing in close view. — The boat fills the frame in a motion-blurred side view, emphasizing the passing-vessel perspective.

1961 California frame showing a small grey boat on blue water, with a distant shoreline and a person in a white hat on deck. — A person in a white hat stands or sits near the boat railing as the vessel passes on calm blue water.

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