Greece-1976: Ship Taking Sail With People Boarding The Boat In Midday

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationGreece
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 Greece

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Ship Taking Sail With People Boarding The Boat In Midday — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Greece in 1976 captures the Saronic Sun cruise ship docked at a port. The white passenger vessel, with its name clearly visible on the hull, is shown from a low-angle perspective as people gather on the pier, preparing to board. The scene unfolds in bright midday light, with passengers in period-appropriate clothing walking toward the ship. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, natural color palette, and subtle grain, offering an authentic slice of 1970s travel nostalgia. The final frame reveals a broader view of the port with buses and crowds, suggesting a busy embarkation day. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring mid-20th century tourism.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121474160

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: Yes
Minors 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 1240 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: jesus walked here,holyland,garden tomb,dead sea scrolls,abraham tomb,sea of galliee,part 2
Reel-level year note: 1976
Reel-level location note: israel,athens greece
Date: 1976 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Greece Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: Serves documentary or editorial projects covering 1970s Greek cruise tourism or Mediterranean maritime history, particularly scenes of passenger embarkation at a named vessel.
Period detail: Ship name 'Saronic Sun' legible on hull; passenger figures in period casual dress; port terminal building and lamp posts in the wider shot suggest a developed Greek port circa 1976.
Home-movie behavior: Low-angle framing aimed upward at the ship's hull—a tourist instinctively capturing the vessel's scale—gives the clip an unstaged, personal travel-record quality.
What appears in frame: White passenger cruise ship hull, 'Saronic Sun' lettering, mooring ropes, silhouetted quayside figures, port terminal building, lamp posts, hazy distant hills, pale midday sky.
Film character: Warm, slightly muted color palette with visible 8mm grain and soft focus; subtle image unsteadiness and natural exposure variation add authentic period texture throughout.
Edit role: Works as an establishing insert for a 1970s Greek travel sequence or a cutaway in a documentary on cruise and ferry travel in the eastern Mediterranean.
Historical context: The Saronic Sun appears to have been a Greek cruise vessel operating island routes in the 1970s; the crowded quay and terminal building reflect the growth of Mediterranean package tourism in that era.
Research note: Ship name 'Saronic Sun' is a visible brand mark requiring rights assessment; background figures appear in silhouette with faces not clearly identifiable, but editorial clearance review is advised.
Research search match: Likely reached via queries such as '1970s Greek cruise ship,' 'Saronic Gulf embarkation,' 'vintage Greece port footage,' or '8mm home movie Mediterranean travel 1970s.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or Greek location; then with 1970s Mediterranean port or ferry scenes; then with passenger embarkation footage from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Low-angle 8mm shot of the white cruise ship Saronic Sun moored at a Greek port, circa 1976, hull name clearly legible. — The Saronic Sun passenger vessel seen from dockside at low angle, Greece, 1976.

Low-angle 8mm film view of the white Saronic Sun passenger ship at a Greek port with silhouetted passengers on the quay, circa 1976. — Passengers gather at the quayside as the Saronic Sun sits docked, Greece, 1976.

8mm home-movie shot of the Saronic Sun cruise ship bow at a Greek port with quayside figures and distant hills visible, circa 1976. — Quayside scene with the Saronic Sun and passengers below the ship's bow, Greece, 1976.

Wide 8mm shot of a Greek port embarkation area with passengers, a terminal building, lamp posts, and hazy distant mountains, circa 1976. — Busy port quay with passengers and terminal building, Greece, 1976.

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