United States-1955: Man and Two Children Speeding Across a Lake in an Outboard Runabout

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationUnited States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1955 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1955–1956 · United States · Reel 9fe580ae contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

summer vacation
recreational boating
childhood
lake leisure
1950s family life
motion and speed

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Open lake with a forested pine shoreline and a few buildings on the far bank
Time and weather: day · summer · clear
Lighting: natural daylight
People: 3 · An adult man in a white T-shirt steering at the stern and two young children seated forward, one in a red swimsuit
Vehicles: outboard motorboat · runabout
Objects: outboard motor · wake · boat hull
Colors: deep blue · navy · white · dark green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A white runabout enters at the left edge, trailing a wake across the lake.
The boat turns toward the camera with its bow raised.
A man at the tiller and two children pass close to the camera.
The outboard motor comes into view at the stern as the boat goes by.

Man and Two Children Speeding Across a Lake in an... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1955 home movie footage shows a small white outboard runabout crossing a lake with a man at the tiller and two children seated ahead of him. The craft enters from the left with its bow raised and a white wake trailing, then swings in close to the camera against a dark pine-covered shore. The handheld camera pans right to follow it until the outboard motor shows at the stern. The colour carries the strong blue cast of aged 8mm film.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000654

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

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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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves requests for 1950s American summer leisure, giving documentaries and nostalgia pieces a real home-movie boat ride on a lake.
Period detail: A small open runabout with an outboard motor and plain summer clothing may show mid-1950s recreational boating.
Home-movie behavior: Someone on shore films the runabout as it swings close, catching a casual family outing rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: A white runabout, its foaming wake, a man at the tiller, two children seated forward, the outboard motor at the stern and a dark pine shoreline.
Film character: Grainy 8mm colour with a heavy blue cast, soft focus at close range and a few dust specks give the shot authentic projected-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a lively cutaway or memory beat in a summer montage, and the close pass makes a natural transition out of a lakeside sequence.
Historical context: Small outboard runabouts were a common sight in postwar family recreation, and colour 8mm film let households record such outings.
Research note: The film's copyright is separate from the likeness of the man and the children, whose identities are unknown, so likeness permissions remain a separate question.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1950s outboard boat ride, vintage 8mm lake vacation, or children in a motorboat home movie.
Archive pairing path: Start with the swimming lesson from this reel, filmed at the same lake that summer, then add other circa 1955 vacation footage and finally broader material on outboard boating.

Still Frames From This Clip

Circa 1955 8mm home movie: a small outboard runabout enters the frame on a forested lake in the United States — The runabout enters from the left, its wake cutting across the lake.
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Man and two children in an outboard boat turning toward the camera on a pine-fringed US lake, circa 1955 — The boat swings toward the camera with its bow lifted out of the water.
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Circa 1955 home movie of a man steering an outboard runabout carrying two children past the camera on a US lake — A man at the tiller and two children pass close by the camera.
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Outboard runabout planing across a lake with a man and a child aboard, blue-cast 8mm film, United States circa 1955 — The runabout planes past with spray at the hull as the camera pans to follow.
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