New Orleans Louisiana USA-1958: Ship On The Sea

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 New Orleans Louisiana

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Ship On The Sea — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana, showing a large cargo ship navigating a harbor. The grainy, slightly faded color film captures the vessel moving past a long industrial dock building under a cloudy sky. The camera appears handheld, with slight motion blur and natural film imperfections including scratches and dust, evoking a nostalgic, authentic mid-century maritime scene. The ship's dark hull contrasts with the lighter superstructure, and the water shows gentle ripples from the vessel's passage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120978511

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only 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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 1958 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: New Orleans, Louisiana, 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 1950s editorial requests for New Orleans harbor, cargo shipping, industrial waterfront, and maritime travel inserts from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clip shows a mid-century cargo vessel passing a long industrial dock structure, with 1958 New Orleans context supported by the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing and contact-sheet glimpses suggest a visitor or passenger filming the ship from shore or a nearby vessel rather than a staged maritime scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark-hulled cargo ship, pale superstructure, masts, rigging, industrial dock building, harbor water, cloudy sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, grain, faded color, gate edges, light scratches, dust, and slight motion blur that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief harbor cutaway, maritime transition, travel-memory insert, or contextual beat within a New Orleans or shipping sequence.
Historical context: The footage places commercial maritime activity in view of an industrial waterfront without identifying the vessel, company, dock, or exact harbor facility.
Research note: A visible ship name or markings may require review, and copyright clearance is separate from any trademark, vessel identification, or location-related concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 New Orleans harbor 8mm, vintage cargo ship home movie, mid-century Louisiana waterfront, and archival ship passing dock footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1958 New Orleans waterfront material, then with broader 1950s shipping and harbor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 New Orleans home-movie frame showing a dark cargo ship beside a long industrial dock under a cloudy sky. — A cargo ship passes a low industrial waterfront building, framed through soft 8mm gate edges.

Dark cargo vessel moves across New Orleans harbor water near a long dock building in the supplied 1958 footage. — The ship's hull and wake fill the frame as it passes the industrial shoreline.

Soft 8mm view of a cargo ship bow and masts beside an industrial dock in 1958 New Orleans harbor footage. — The vessel's bow rises against the sky with the dock building and waterline below.

1958 New Orleans harbor frame showing the dark bow, masts, and pale superstructure of a cargo ship near the waterfront. — The final frame holds on the ship's bow and superstructure as it passes the dock.

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