Idaho-1955: Sea With Big Waves And High Tide We Can See The Flag Of The United

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Sea With Big Waves And High Tide We Can See The Flag Of... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic coastal scene in Idaho. The footage shows turbulent waves crashing along a shoreline under a cloudy sky, with the American flag visible in the frame. The image exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: grainy texture, slight motion blur, and natural color fading. The camera appears handheld, creating a sense of immediacy as it follows the powerful movement of the sea. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century Americana and natural coastal power.

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: 127546652

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1955 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: Idaho, 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: 1950s 8mm home-movie coastal water footage suited for editorial inserts about weather, shoreline travel, memory, or mid-century amateur filming.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1955 amateur view of rough surf or fast-moving water, with no clear landmarks or identifiable people visible in the sampled stills.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged observer's viewpoint, watching turbulent water from a fixed or lightly handheld position rather than arranging a formal scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include foamy waves, dark water bands, pale surf, cloudy light, film scratches, frame borders, and soft color fading.
Film character: The 8mm image has muted color, visible grain, gate marks, dust, scratches, and slight exposure softness that support its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, weather insert, or memory beat suggesting shoreline force and unsettled outdoor conditions.
Historical context: As home-movie footage, it reflects mid-century amateur filming of a natural scene, though the sampled frames do not confirm a specific shoreline or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in the sampled frames, but copyright, location, and any off-frame flag identification should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1950s 8mm rough surf, vintage home movie waves, turbulent shoreline footage, high tide cutaway, and archival water scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1955 Idaho-attributed material, then broader vintage wave, beach, storm, or shoreline themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955-attributed 8mm home-movie frame showing rough foamy water with dark wave bands and visible film scratches. — Rough water and foam fill the frame under muted, cloudy light.

1955-attributed 8mm frame of pale turbulent water, soft motion blur, and heavy film border shadowing. — Pale surf appears blurred by motion and aged film texture.

1955-attributed 8mm frame showing foamy water in the foreground and indistinct darker shoreline shapes in the distance. — Foamy water runs across the foreground with indistinct shoreline forms beyond.

1955-attributed 8mm frame of choppy water and pale foam, marked by dust, scratches, and soft exposure. — Choppy water and foam spread across the frame in a muted home-movie view.

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