Boston Massachusetts-1974: Small Motorboat Bouncing Across a Foaming Wake

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

recreational boating
water travel
outdoor leisure
harbor activity
motion
amateur filmmaking

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · tracking · pan · Low, rear-facing view from a moving vessel toward the following boat
Setting: outdoor · Open harbor water with a distant low shoreline and scattered sailboats
Time and weather: daytime · undetermined · Partly cloudy with choppy water
Lighting: Natural daylight with bright reflections on spray and water
People: 3 · Three seated occupants in the open motorboat, wearing blue or purple, dark, and red clothing; faces and ages are indistinct.
Vehicles: small open motorboat · distant sailboats
Objects: split windshield · white hull · boat wake · bow spray
Colors: blue-gray · violet · white · dark gray · red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Choppy water fills the foreground as the following motorboat is partly cropped at the right edge.
The motorboat comes into fuller view with three people behind its windshield.
The bow pitches across the wake as spray spreads beside the hull.
The craft meets another wave while foaming water streams toward the camera.

Small Motorboat Bouncing Across a Foaming Wake — Clip Details

Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1974 home movie footage shows a small open motorboat carrying three people across choppy harbor water. Initially cropped at the right edge, the craft moves into view and pitches through the filming vessel's foaming wake, throwing spray from its bow. Distant sailboats and a low shoreline sit beneath layered clouds. The handheld camera looks backward from the moving vessel, with a rolling horizon and intermittent motion blur.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003763

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1974 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: Boston, Massachusetts, 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: Supports documentary and museum requests for circa 1974 recreational boating in Boston, with a small passenger craft visibly crossing a wake.
Period detail: The low windshield, open runabout hull and casual colored clothing are compatible with circa 1974, without fixing a precise date.
Home-movie behavior: The operator follows another craft from a moving vessel, allowing the passengers' unposed ride through the waves to supply the action.
What appears in frame: Three occupants sit behind a split windshield above a white bow, with foaming water, distant sailboats, a low shoreline and layered clouds around them.
Film character: Soft projected-film detail, visible grain, scattered specks, muted blue-violet color and handheld movement give the sequence its archival texture.
Edit role: Works as an active boating insert or a short transition between wider harbor views and closer passenger footage.
Historical context: The small open pleasure craft and distant sailboats show recreational activity alongside the broader working-harbor setting documented in this reel section.
Research note: People and a privately owned craft are visible; faces are indistinct, ages are uncertain, and copyright licensing does not establish likeness or property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for Boston recreational boating circa 1974, a motorboat crossing a wake, and silent small-gauge home movie footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's working ship, aircraft and lock views, then Boston waterfront footage circa 1974, followed by other recreational boating scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Boston, circa 1974: a following motorboat enters at the right edge as a broad foaming wake crosses the foreground beneath a cloudy sky. — The following craft is partly outside the frame as the camera looks across the wake.
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Boston, circa 1974: three seated occupants face the camera from a white open motorboat crossing turbulent water behind the filming vessel. — Three occupants come into clearer view behind the low windshield.
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Boston, circa 1974: a small motorboat pitches across a foaming wake, with three occupants behind the windshield and sailboats near the horizon. — The bow lifts across the wake while sailboats remain visible in the distance.
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Boston, circa 1974: the following motorboat meets another wave, its three occupants visible above the bow as spray joins the foreground wake. — Spray surrounds the bow as the craft continues through turbulent water.
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