Montreal Canada-1950: Lakeside Resort With Boat On Calm Water

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Year1950
Decade1950s
LocationMontreal, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Canada

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Lakeside Resort With Boat On Calm Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1950, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside view of a grand white hotel nestled among green trees on a hillside. A small boat glides across the calm blue water in the foreground, with a bright blue sky above. The footage, framed by dark borders, shows natural film grain and slight camera movement, evoking a nostalgic 1950s vacation memory. The scene is bathed in sunlight, highlighting the lush landscape and classic architecture of the resort.

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: 127476243

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1216 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: st. lawrense river,tadoussac
Reel-level year note: 1950
Reel-level location note: montreal canada
Date: 1950 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: Montreal, Canada 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: Useful for 1950s editorial or documentary requests needing a calm Canadian lakeside resort view with small-boat activity and home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The 8mm color, rounded frame edges, lakeside resort architecture, and visitor vantage may show mid-century vacation travel around Montreal, Canada.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from across the water, lingering on the hotel, hillside, and passing boat rather than staging any action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue lake water, a small light-colored boat, a large white resort building, tree-lined shore, hills, bright sky, and dark film borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight handheld movement, saturated blues, and dark gate edges that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet establishing insert, travel-memory cutaway, lakeside transition, or vacation-era atmosphere beat.
Historical context: The scene suggests leisure travel and waterfront resort scenery, but the exact hotel identity and local context should be researched before specific claims.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or music are evident, but copyright, property depiction, and location identification should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Researchers might find this through searches for 1950s Montreal lake resort 8mm footage, Canadian vacation home movie, hotel by water, or small boat on calm lake.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel vacation views, then other 1950 Montreal-area footage, then broader lakeside resorts, boats, and mid-century travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950 8mm view near Montreal showing a white lakeside resort across blue water with wooded hills and a small boat in the foreground. — A white resort building sits across the lake as a small boat crosses the water.

1950 8mm frame near Montreal with a white lakeside hotel, green hillside, blue water, and a small bright boat near the shore. — The boat appears brighter against the water below the distant lakeside hotel.

1950 8mm lakeside view near Montreal with the resort building more centered, a small boat on the water, and wooded hills beyond. — The resort building and hillside shoreline fill more of the frame as the boat passes below.

1950 8mm frame near Montreal showing a white resort on the shore, wooded hills, open blue water, and a small light-colored boat. — A small boat moves across the lake beneath the distant resort and hillside.

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