Alaska USA-1977: A View Of A Big Cruise Ship And A Man Working Behind Scenes

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationAlaska, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 Alaska

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A View Of A Big Cruise Ship And A Man Working Behind Scenes — Clip Details

ALASKA USA-1977: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a large white and blue cruise ship, the Columbia, docked at a wooden pier. Workers in hard hats are seen on the pier and aboard the vessel, with a large industrial building in the background. The footage, shot on Super 8, shows the ship from multiple angles as it sits at the dock under a clear blue sky, offering a nostalgic look at maritime travel and port activity in the late 1970s.

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: 123092722

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 1785 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: tent trailer,VI-02
Reel-level year note: 1977
Reel-level location note: alaska
Date: 1977 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: Alaska, 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: 1977 Alaska home-movie footage supporting documentary requests for ferry or cruise ship docking, maritime travel, and working waterfront activity.
Period detail: The white-and-blue vessel, wooden pier pilings, industrial dock building, and Super 8 color handling may show late-1970s port infrastructure and passenger-ship design.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor-like position, holding on the ship and pier work rather than staging action for the lens.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large docked vessel, pier pilings, gray waterfront buildings, a worker on the dock, blue water, distant shoreline, and clear sky.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure bloom, and slight handheld drift give the brief shot a scanned home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a concise cutaway or transition for Alaska travel, passenger shipping, harbor labor, or 1970s maritime memory sequences.
Historical context: The clip places passenger travel beside everyday dock work, showing a large vessel moored at a functional waterfront rather than a scenic-only harbor view.
Research note: The ship name or markings and visible worker may require review for trademark, vessel identification, and likeness considerations separate from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Researchers may find this under 1977 Alaska Super 8 ferry dock, vintage cruise ship at pier, home movie harbor worker, or 1970s maritime travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1977 Alaska waterfront material, then broader vintage passenger-ship, ferry terminal, and dock labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Alaska home-movie frame showing a worker near gray waterfront buildings and pier pilings at a dock. — Worker and industrial dock building beside the pier.

Large white-and-blue passenger vessel appears moored at an Alaska pier in 1977 Super 8 footage. — Passenger vessel at the dock with waterfront buildings behind it.

The vessel Columbia is seen from the bow while docked beside an Alaska pier in 1977 home-movie footage. — Bow view of the Columbia moored beside the pier.

1977 Alaska frame showing the Columbia docked at a wooden pier, with open water and distant shoreline behind the vessel. — The Columbia at the pier with open water and distant shoreline.

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