New Zealand-1981: Cargo Ship Docked With Tugboat And Motorboat In Harbor

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Year1981
Decade1980s
LocationNew Zealand
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1981 New Zealand

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Cargo Ship Docked With Tugboat And Motorboat In Harbor — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from New Zealand in 1981, capturing a bustling harbor scene. The clip shows a large green and red cargo ship docked at a pier, with a small white motorboat navigating the water. A tugboat is seen maneuvering near the larger vessel, and industrial cranes are visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, natural color saturation, and subtle grain, all viewed through a dark frame border. The scene unfolds on a partly cloudy day with calm water, offering a nostalgic glimpse into maritime activity from the early 1980s.

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: 122835232

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1981 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 Zealand 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: Useful for 1981 New Zealand maritime or harbor sequences needing home-movie views of commercial shipping, small boats, and dockside activity.
Period detail: The frames show an older color 8mm view of a painted cargo vessel, pier structures, cranes, and small harbor craft that may show early 1980s port activity.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a nearby vessel or waterfront position, giving the scene an unstaged visitor-shot perspective on everyday harbor movement.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a green and red cargo ship, a white motorboat, part of a tug or ferry, dock pilings, industrial cranes, calm water, clouds, and distant shoreline.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible gate edges, mild grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, travel transition, port cutaway, or brief memory beat in a sequence about New Zealand waterfront life.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for harbor transport and dockside infrastructure without identifying the port, vessel, company, or specific maritime event.
Research note: Human review should consider possible vessel markings, identifiable people, and copyright status separately from any likeness, logo, or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1981 New Zealand harbor footage, 8mm cargo ship at dock, vintage port motorboat, tugboat near cargo vessel, and home movie maritime scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel New Zealand travel shots, then other 1981 harbor material, then broader vintage maritime and dockside transportation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1981 New Zealand harbor footage showing a docked cargo ship, a white motorboat, distant shoreline, and the side of a nearby vessel. — Cargo ship and small motorboat seen across calm harbor water.

1981 New Zealand harbor scene with a large cargo ship at a pier, a white motorboat on the water, and dock structures at right. — Motorboat passes in front of a cargo ship moored near the pier.

1981 New Zealand port view showing a green and red cargo ship, white motorboat, dock pilings, cranes, and harbor water. — Cargo vessel sits at the dock while a motorboat moves through the harbor.

1981 New Zealand harbor frame with a moored cargo ship, dockside structures, small motorboat, calm water, and distant low shoreline. — Small boat travels near a moored cargo ship and dockside structures.

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