Maine USA-1971: View Of Japanese Cargo Ship Honshu Maru At Dock

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

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View Of Japanese Cargo Ship Honshu Maru At Dock — Clip Details

MAINE USA-1971: A vintage 8mm home movie captures the stern of the Japanese cargo ship Honshu Maru docked at a port. The footage shows the ship's name in both Japanese characters and Roman letters on its dark hull, with a yellow gantry crane and rigging visible against a clear blue sky. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film edge borders are characteristic of 1970s Super 8 home movie footage, offering a nostalgic glimpse of maritime transportation and international shipping.

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: 123064161

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1971 Maine 8mm maritime footage for documentary inserts on port activity, cargo shipping, international trade, or waterfront infrastructure.
Period detail: The dark hull lettering, ship rigging, yellow gantry crane, and faded color stock support an early 1970s dockside home-movie view.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the ship name and nearby crane rather than staging action or people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Honshu Maru hull lettering, Japanese characters, mooring lines, mast sections, rigging, yellow gantry crane, pale sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and black frame edges.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief cutaway, establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for a 1970s harbor or cargo-shipping sequence.
Historical context: The view documents a Japanese cargo vessel at a Maine dock, suggesting everyday port traffic and international maritime presence without showing loading work or crew.
Research note: Ship name and markings are visible, so copyright, trademark or vessel-identification issues should be reviewed separately from the absence of likeness concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1971 Maine port footage, Japanese cargo ship at dock, Honshu Maru home movie, 8mm maritime footage, and 1970s shipping cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1971 Maine harbor material, then broader 1970s cargo ship, dock, crane, and maritime transportation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Maine dockside frame showing the Honshu Maru name on a dark cargo ship hull with mooring lines and pale sky. — Honshu Maru hull lettering and mooring lines at dock.

1971 Maine frame of the Honshu Maru hull name, ship rigging, mast details, and clear sky at a dock. — Ship name and rigging visible on the docked cargo vessel.

1971 Maine dockside view with a yellow gantry crane, ship rigging, and partial dark hull of the Honshu Maru. — Yellow dock crane passes in front of the cargo ship hull.

1971 Maine frame showing a yellow dock crane, diagonal rigging, and the dark hull of the docked Honshu Maru. — Crane structure and rigging frame the docked cargo vessel.

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