Washington DC USA-1943: Cool Looking Ship Sitting At The Dock On The Water On A

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Year1943
Decade1940s
LocationWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Cool Looking Ship Sitting At The Dock On The Water On A — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1943 captures a large white passenger ship docked at a waterfront, its three tall masts standing against a deep blue twilight sky. The vessel, likely a steamship or ocean liner, rests calmly on still water, with a pier and industrial structures visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and a slightly faded color palette typical of mid-century home movies. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic view of maritime life during the World War II era, evoking a sense of quiet anticipation and historical charm.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123137986

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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 1719 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1942-1943
Reel-level location note: washington dc,baltimore
Date: 1943 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: Washington, District Of Columbia, 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 1940s archival requests needing a quiet waterfront cutaway of a large docked passenger vessel in Washington, DC for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The large white ship, tall masts, pier setting, and color 8mm home-movie look support a 1940s wartime-era maritime setting without identifying the vessel.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a visitor viewpoint across the water, preserving an unstaged observation of a notable ship at dock rather than a formal maritime record.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a white docked ship, three tall masts, rigging lines, dark pier edges, calm water, blue sky, and soft shoreline structures.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, slight gate framing, muted color, and steady exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, maritime transition, wartime-era waterfront cutaway, or quiet memory beat between travel scenes.
Historical context: The footage may show a public waterfront moment in Washington, DC during the 1940s, with a large passenger or service vessel sitting quietly at dock.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but vessel identity, site permissions, and underlying film copyright should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Good match for searches such as 1940s 8mm docked ship, Washington DC waterfront home movie, large white passenger ship at pier, and wartime-era harbor cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel waterfront footage, then other 1943 Washington, DC scenes, then broader 1940s ships, docks, and travel home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

A large white docked ship with tall masts is seen across the water in 1943 Washington, DC home-movie footage. — White vessel moored at a waterfront pier with masts rising against a deep blue sky.

The docked white vessel remains in view, with three masts and rigging silhouetted against the Washington, DC sky. — Side view of a large white ship resting beside the pier.

A steady 8mm frame shows the white ship's broad hull, masts, and pier area along a Washington, DC waterfront. — Broad hull and mast structure of the moored ship seen from across the water.

The final frame shows the large docked white ship, its masts, and part of another vessel or dock structure at left. — Docked ship with adjacent waterfront structure partly entering the frame.

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