Washington USA-1940: Men on Ship Navigating Rough Waters

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Year1940
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1940 Washington

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Men on Ship Navigating Rough Waters — Clip Details

Black and white 8mm home movie footage from Washington USA in 1940 shows a group of men on a large ship navigating rough waters. The grainy, vintage film captures a man in suspenders smiling as waves crash against the vessel, with other passengers observing the turbulent sea. The footage exhibits classic 1940s home movie characteristics, including film grain, soft focus, and a handheld camera perspective, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century maritime travel and leisure.

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: 121491464

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: 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: 1940 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: Washington, 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

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: Useful for 1940s maritime travel, rough-water ship passage, or home-movie coverage of passengers experiencing wind and spray at sea.
Period detail: The men's shirts, suspenders, hats, and black-and-white 8mm look support the 1940 metadata while remaining general rather than identifying a specific vessel.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the candid passenger reactions, with men turning, smiling, bracing, and watching waves from a handheld deck-side viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult men on deck, a railing, breaking water beside the ship, wind-tossed clothing, hats, suspenders, and a briefly obscured frame edge.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, high-contrast monochrome exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld instability typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, transition, or memory beat for sea travel, weather, rough crossings, or mid-century leisure footage.
Historical context: The footage shows ordinary adult passengers observing rough water from a large vessel, offering social context for recreational or transport travel without naming the route.
Research note: Faces are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately from personal rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940 black-and-white 8mm ship passengers, Washington home movie rough water, men on deck waves, and vintage maritime travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Washington 1940 material, then related ship, boat, water, wind, and passenger travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adult men on a large ship in Washington-area 1940 home-movie footage watch waves breaking alongside the deck. — Passengers stand near a railing while rough water churns beside the ship.

On the ship deck, one adult man extends an arm toward another as passengers face rough water in 1940 home-movie footage. — Men cluster at the ship rail as spray and wake fill the background.

Several adult men, including one in suspenders, watch rough water from a ship deck in black-and-white 8mm footage. — Passengers lean and look toward the water as the vessel moves through waves.

The final frame is largely obscured or overexposed, with faint monochrome texture and small film debris visible near the top. — A brief transitional or damaged-looking frame shows little visible scene detail.

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