Saint Paul Minnesota-1971: Two People On Small Motorboat

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

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Two People On Small Motorboat — Clip Details

SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA-1971: Two people ride a small motorboat across a calm lake, captured on vintage 8mm film. A man in a white cap sits at the bow while another in a red shirt operates the motor, leaving a gentle wake. The scene unfolds under natural daylight, with a wooden dock and steps visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic 1970s home movie aesthetic. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 127416141

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 1970s archival requests needing casual lake recreation, small motorboat travel, or Midwestern home-movie leisure footage for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1970s recreational boating, with period cues limited to the 8mm color stock, casual clothing, small outboard-style boat, and simple lakeside dock structure.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged view of two people riding slowly across calm water, observed from a shore or elevated home-movie vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat, two seated people, rippled lake water, a pale wake, a wooden dock, steps near the shore, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, faded color, uneven exposure, slight blur, and handheld framing that supports its archival character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, recreation insert, or transition into broader material about lakes, summer leisure, or family travel in the 1970s.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday outdoor recreation rather than a formal event, showing small-scale motorboating on a calm lake in the Saint Paul area as identified by the clip metadata.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or audible music are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1971 Saint Paul lake boating, 1970s 8mm motorboat footage, vintage home movie water recreation, or small boat on calm lake.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Saint Paul or 1971 Minnesota clips, and then broader 1970s lake recreation or boating footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1971 Saint Paul footage, two people sit in a small motorboat moving across calm lake water with dock structures in the background. — A small motorboat crosses the lake with two seated riders and a faint wake behind it.

The small boat continues across the Saint Paul lake scene, with one person near the bow and another operating the motor at the stern. — The boat travels across open water as the motor leaves a narrow white wake.

The motorboat passes closer across the frame in 1971 Saint Paul home-movie footage, with rippled water and dock steps behind it. — Two riders pass in front of the dock area in a low motorboat on calm water.

The boat angles toward the camera in the Saint Paul lake scene, showing two seated people, a trailing wake, and broad rippled water. — The boat turns on the lake, bringing the two riders into a more frontal view.

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