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New Orleans USA-1952: View Of A Wharf With Ships And Visitors Looking Into Bay

  • Year1952
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationNew Orleans, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1952 New Orleans
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View Of A Wharf With Ships And Visitors Looking Into Bay — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a bustling wharf scene in New Orleans. The grainy, color-saturated footage shows a large ship docked at a wooden pier, with people in period clothing—men in caps and light shirts—standing on the dock and observing the bay. A building with 'WHARF' painted on its side stands in the background, while the camera pans slightly, revealing more of the water and distant vessels. The footage exudes a nostalgic, documentary feel, offering a glimpse into mid-century maritime life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123336054

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

  • 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 1863 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Reel-level year note
1952
Reel-level location note
new orleans
Date
1952 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
New Orleans, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • wharf
  • ship
  • bay
  • dock
  • sailors
  • view
  • ships
  • visitors
  • industrial
  • new orleans to pacific trip
  • 1952
  • 1952 New Orleans
  • vintage 8mm film
  • wharf scene
  • dock footage
  • ships in harbor
  • 1950s home movie
  • maritime history
  • old film footage
  • archival 8mm
  • classic American footage
  • bay view
  • industrial waterfront
  • period clothing
  • film grain
  • nostalgic clip
  • documentary style
  • vintage Americana
  • historic footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • editorial use

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Suits 1950s maritime or port documentary segments and mid-century American travel sequences needing authentic waterfront atmosphere from a home-movie vantage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three people in early 1950s clothing stand on a wooden dock at the New Orleans wharf, c.1952, with a large commercial vessel and a 'WHARF'-marked building behind them.
Dock visitors and docked vessel at a New Orleans wharf, 1952.

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