Alaska USA-1977: Large Ferry Columbia Docked At Pier On Calm Bay

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

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Large Ferry Columbia Docked At Pier On Calm Bay — Clip Details

ALASKA USA-1977: A large white and blue ferry named Columbia is docked at a pier on a calm bay. The vintage 8mm film captures the ship from multiple angles, showing its massive hull, rows of windows, and mooring lines securing it to the dock. The footage features a bright blue sky, calm water, and a distant shoreline, conveying a sense of maritime travel and 1970s Americana. The film exhibits natural grain and color saturation typical of home movie footage from the era.

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: 123092733

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Alaska ferry footage for documentary or educational edits needing maritime travel, dockside transport, or regional infrastructure atmosphere.
Period detail: The ferry's paint scheme, blocky passenger decks, visible ship name, and 8mm color stock support a late-1970s home-movie view of coastal ferry travel.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the ferry from the pier and moving closer to record the hull, bow, and mooring lines.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large ferry, blue hull, white passenger decks, pier structures, mooring lines, calm bay water, distant shoreline, and bright sky.
Film character: The footage shows saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure fluctuation, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, transportation cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat in an Alaska or ferry sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents public ferry travel as seen by a traveler at dockside, emphasizing scale, water access, and coastal movement without staged action.
Research note: The ferry name and markings are visible, so trademark or vessel-identification review may be needed apart from copyright and location considerations.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s Alaska ferry, 8mm home movie ferry dock, Columbia ferry at pier, blue and white passenger ship, and calm bay transport footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other 1977 Alaska waterfront material, then broader ferry, pier, harbor, and maritime travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Alaska home-movie frame showing the ferry Columbia docked at a pier on a calm bay under a bright sky. — The ferry Columbia sits docked beside a pier, with calm water and distant shoreline behind it.

A front-quarter view of the Columbia ferry at an Alaska pier, with rows of windows and calm blue water visible. — The ferry is filmed from the pier, showing its broad bow, upper decks, and dockside setting.

Close dockside view of the Columbia's bow, blue hull, yellow stripe, and mooring line secured to the pier. — A mooring line runs from the ferry's bow to a dock cleat in this closer dockside view.

Close 1977 Alaska frame of the Columbia ferry bow, showing the name on the hull and a taut mooring line over calm water. — The camera moves in on the ferry's bow, where the ship name and mooring line are visible.

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