Saint Paul Minnesota-1971: Two Men In A Boat Trying To Start Motor

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationSaint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Minnesota

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Two Men In A Boat Trying To Start Motor — Clip Details

SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA-1971: Two men in a small motorboat on a lake, one in a red shirt and shorts standing at the stern attempting to start the outboard motor while the other, wearing a light-colored shirt and cap, sits at the bow. The 8mm film captures the scene with characteristic grain and color saturation of the era, showing gentle ripples on the water under natural daylight. The boat moves slowly across the calm lake, with reeds visible along the distant shore. This authentic home movie footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-1970s leisure activities and vintage boating culture.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127416115

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: 1971 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: Saint Paul, Minnesota, 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 1971 home-movie requests needing small-boat leisure activity, outboard motor trouble, or lake recreation in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Period detail: The frames show casual early-1970s clothing, a small open motorboat, and soft 8mm color that may support period boating or summer recreation context.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged moment of one man working at the stern while another waits at the bow as the boat drifts on rippled water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a small boat, an outboard motor, open lake water, shoreline reeds, daylight, and handheld home-movie framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, soft focus, saturated blue water, slight exposure variation, and the contact-sheet framing typical of amateur physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, insert, transition, or memory beat for boating, lake vacations, mechanical delay, or ordinary 1970s recreation.
Historical context: The clip reflects everyday leisure on a lake, with no visible landmarks or events beyond the metadata-supported Saint Paul, Minnesota setting.
Research note: Two people are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, private property, or music are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from subject permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 8mm home movie of men in a small motorboat, lake boating in Saint Paul Minnesota, outboard motor starting, and vintage summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other Saint Paul 1971 lake or boating footage, then with broader 1970s home-movie recreation and water scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Saint Paul home-movie frame showing two adult men in a small boat on a lake, with one seated forward and one bent near the stern motor. — Two men are aboard a small boat as one works near the stern motor on the lake.

1971 Saint Paul 8mm frame with a small motorboat on open water, a seated man at the bow, and another man standing at the stern. — The boat drifts across the lake while the standing man tends to the stern area.

Saint Paul, Minnesota 1971 home-movie frame showing a man in a red shirt standing in a small boat and another seated near the bow. — One man stands mid-boat as the seated man remains near the bow on rippled water.

1971 Saint Paul frame showing two adult men in a small boat on a lake, with shoreline reeds faintly visible in the background. — The small boat continues across the water with both men lower in the hull.

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