Alaska USA-1977: Vintage 8mm Footage Of The Passenger Ship Columbia

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

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Vintage 8mm Footage Of The Passenger Ship Columbia — Clip Details

ALASKA USA-1977: Vintage 8mm home movie footage captures the bow of a large blue and white passenger ship named Columbia. The clip shows the vessel docked, with ropes securing it to the pier, and a crew member visible on the upper deck. Shot on 8mm film, the footage features natural film grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, authentic feel from the 1970s. The ship's classic design and maritime setting evoke a sense of mid-century travel and maritime history.

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: 123092734

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: 1970s Alaska 8mm home-movie footage suited for documentary requests about passenger ships, ferry travel, maritime transport, or visitor views of working waterfronts.
Period detail: The vessel's blue-and-white paint, rounded bow, rectangular deck windows, and 8mm color stock may show late-1970s passenger-ship design and travel filming habits.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from dock level with brief reframing, preserving a visitor-shot view of a moored passenger ship and a crew member working above.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the ship's bow, yellow stripe, mooring ropes, upper-deck windows, white superstructure, a crew member, railings, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has handheld 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, exposure variation, and contact-print framing that supports its home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short maritime insert, travel-transition shot, ferry cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about Alaska passenger travel.
Historical context: The footage shows a large passenger vessel docked in Alaska, suggesting everyday public-facing maritime travel rather than a staged promotional scene.
Research note: Human likeness and vessel name or branding should be reviewed separately from footage copyright, as the visible crew member and ship identification may carry additional clearance considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s Alaska 8mm passenger ship, home movie ferry Columbia, docked blue-and-white vessel, and vintage maritime travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1977 Alaska waterfront footage, then broader 1970s ferry, cruise, or passenger-ship travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Alaska 8mm frame showing the bow of the blue-and-white passenger ship Columbia secured with dock lines. — Bow of the passenger ship Columbia seen from dock level, with mooring lines crossing the frame.

1977 Alaska home-movie view of the Columbia's bow, upper windows, and mooring lines while docked. — The vessel's rounded bow and rows of windows fill the frame as the camera looks upward from the pier.

1977 Alaska 8mm frame showing upper-deck windows and a crew member working near the rail of the docked ship. — A crew member is visible on the upper deck above rows of rectangular ship windows.

1977 Alaska home-movie frame with a crew member on the upper deck of the passenger ship near windows and railings. — The camera holds on the ship's upper structure as a crew member stands near the rail.

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