Maine USA-1971: Japanese Fishing Vessel Konshu Maru Moored at Dock

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

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Japanese Fishing Vessel Konshu Maru Moored at Dock — Clip Details

MAINE USA-1971: A man in a white shirt and light pants stands on a dock, handling thick ropes securing a large Japanese fishing vessel named KONSHU MARU. The ship's dark hull features gold lettering with Japanese characters and the name KONSHU MARU. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the vessel moored at a port under a clear sky, with its white superstructure and mast visible. The scene evokes a sense of maritime commerce and vintage Americana, with the film's characteristic grain and color palette enhancing its nostalgic, archival quality.

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: 123064153

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 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: Useful for 1971 maritime, port, fishing industry, or Japan-linked commerce sequences needing real 8mm home-movie dock footage from Maine.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, clothing, mooring lines, ship lettering, and vessel styling support an early 1970s port scene, with 1971 and Maine supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie feel, watching a dockside man handle heavy lines beside a moored ship rather than staging an industrial scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dock worker or visitor, thick mooring ropes, a dark ship hull, Japanese characters, KONSHU MARU lettering, white superstructure, mast, and clear sky.
Film character: The footage shows grain, soft focus, high contrast, slight exposure shifts, and handheld 8mm framing that give the dockside view physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, maritime insert, travel-memory beat, or transition into port labor, fishing, or international shipping material.
Historical context: The scene visually places a Japanese-named vessel at a Maine dock, suggesting everyday maritime contact without proving a specific trade route or event.
Research note: A visible adult figure and ship name or markings may require likeness, trademark, vessel-identification, and copyright review depending on final use.
Research search match: Searches for 1971 Maine dock footage, Japanese fishing vessel, KONSHU MARU ship, 8mm port scene, mooring ropes, and vintage maritime home movie may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 Maine harbor footage, then broader 1970s fishing, port, dock labor, and ship cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Maine 1971 home-movie footage, a man on a dock reaches toward heavy mooring lines beside a dark Japanese vessel hull. — A man stands on the dock beside heavy mooring lines at the ship's side.

The dark bow of the KONSHU MARU shows Japanese characters, gold lettering, white deck structure, and taut mooring lines. — The KONSHU MARU name and Japanese characters are visible on the ship's dark hull.

A closer 1971 Maine view shows the KONSHU MARU hull lettering below a white deck edge with diagonal mooring lines crossing the frame. — Diagonal mooring lines lead from the bow of the KONSHU MARU toward the dock.

The KONSHU MARU bow appears with its mast, rail, small flag, and mooring lines in a softly framed 8mm dockside view. — The ship's bow, mast, flag, and mooring lines are seen against the sky.

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