Portugal-1972: Retro Car Gets On Old Ferry

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationPortugal
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Portugal

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Retro Car Gets On Old Ferry — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Portugal in 1972 captures a classic ferry docked at a waterfront, with a retro car being loaded onto the vessel. The scene unfolds under a clear blue sky, showcasing calm waters and a distant shoreline. The ferry, a white and blue vessel with a classic design, is surrounded by the nostalgic charm of mid-20th century transportation. The film exhibits natural grain and color fading typical of 8mm home movies, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and historical authenticity. This archival clip offers a glimpse into everyday life and travel in 1970s Portugal.

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: 120947919

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: 1972 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: Portugal 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: This 1972 Portugal 8mm clip helps satisfy archival requests for everyday coastal transport, ferry travel, and period road-trip inserts in documentary or education edits.
Period detail: The visible ferry design, compact older car, dockside loading ramp, and faded home-movie color may show early 1970s European travel infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the value of a visitor-shot travel observation, watching a car being loaded onto a ferry from a nearby waterfront position rather than a staged transport scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm blue water, a distant low shoreline, a white passenger ferry, a dock or loading platform, a small car, and a few people near the ramp.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and contact-sheet edge artifacts that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, travel transition, coastal cutaway, or memory beat for 1970s ferry journeys and everyday movement across water.
Historical context: The scene visually places automobile travel within a coastal ferry setting, suggesting routine local or tourist mobility without supporting a more specific route or port identification.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no readable logos, brands, music, private interiors, or clearly identifiable private property are apparent from these frames.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1972 Portugal ferry loading 8mm, vintage car boarding ferry, coastal transport home movie, and old passenger boat dock footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Portugal 1972 waterfront or travel clips, and finally broader 1970s ferry, dock, car, and coastal transportation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Portugal 1972 8mm frame showing open water, a low distant shoreline, and soft home-movie exposure before the ferry enters the view. — Open water and distant shoreline.

Portugal 1972 ferry scene with a white passenger vessel at a dock, a small car near the loading platform, and calm water behind it. — Ferry at the dock with a car near the ramp.

Portugal 1972 8mm frame showing a ferry moored at a waterfront platform while a compact car sits near the loading area and people stand nearby. — Car positioned beside the ferry loading area.

Portugal 1972 home-movie frame with a ferry at the dock, a car beside the ramp, small figures on the platform, and a low shoreline across the water. — Wide dockside view of ferry loading.

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