Maine USA-1971: A Steam Ship With A Japanese Flag On It

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationMaine, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Maine

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A Steam Ship With A Japanese Flag On It — Clip Details

MAINE USA-1971: A vintage 8mm film clip captures the Japanese flag waving on a ship's mast against a deep blue sky. The footage, shot from a low angle, shows the flag fluttering in the wind before pulling back to reveal the ship's deck and a prominent smokestack. The vessel's name, Shin Honshu Maru, is visible in both Japanese characters and English, identifying it as a Japanese steamship. The grainy, color-graded footage evokes a strong sense of mid-20th century maritime travel and nostalgia.

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: 123064071

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 1008 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: new york,vermont,new hampshire,maine
Date: 1971 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: Maine, United States 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: 1971 Maine 8mm maritime footage suited for documentary inserts about port traffic, visiting ships, or Japanese-flagged vessels in U.S. harbor settings.
Period detail: The visible 1970s-era color home-movie stock, ship rigging, smokestack, and painted vessel name may show a Japanese steamship seen from a Maine waterfront in 1971.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, beginning on the flag from a low angle and pulling back to catch the ship name and deck details without staging.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Japanese flag, blue sky, mast hardware, rigging lines, a striped smokestack, ship railing, dark hull, and the name Shin Honshu Maru.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated blue color, visible grain, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a maritime cutaway, port establishing insert, nationality detail, or brief transition into a sequence about shipping and travel.
Historical context: The footage documents a Japanese-flagged ship present in a Maine setting, but the frames alone do not establish route, ownership, cargo, or event context.
Research note: No people are visible, but the ship name, national flag, and vessel markings should be reviewed for identification, trademark, and editorial-use considerations.
Research search match: Search matches include 1971 Maine 8mm ship footage, Japanese flag on vessel, Shin Honshu Maru, steamship deck, harbor home movie, and maritime travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel ship or harbor shots, then other Maine 1971 waterfront material, then broader 1970s maritime travel or international shipping footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing a Japanese flag fluttering near ship mast hardware against blue sky. — Japanese flag fills the frame beside mast equipment and rigging.

Low-angle 1971 Maine view of a Japanese flag on a ship mast, with rigging silhouetted against blue sky. — Flag and mast details remain centered against a clear sky.

1971 Maine home-movie frame pulling back to show the Japanese flag above the ship deck and a striped smokestack. — The shot widens to include deck railings, rigging, and the smokestack.

1971 Maine frame showing the Shin Honshu Maru name on the hull beneath a Japanese flag and ship rigging. — The vessel name Shin Honshu Maru is visible on the dark hull below the flag.

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