Dade County Florida-1955: Shamrock II Ferry At Miami Beach Docks

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationDade, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Shamrock II Ferry At Miami Beach Docks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures the Shamrock II ferry at the Miami Beach docks in Dade County, Florida. Passengers board and disembark the white tour boat under a cloudy sky, with people in period attire enjoying the waterfront. The footage shows a classic mid-century American harbor scene with wooden pilings, calm water, and a park area with benches and trees. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic Super 8 home movie quality, offering a nostalgic glimpse into 1950s Florida tourism and daily life.

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: 123384219

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 1573 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1955
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1955 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: Dade, Florida, 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 1950s Florida tourism, Miami-area waterfront, ferry dock, or mid-century leisure sequences needing authentic home-movie harbor footage.
Period detail: Visible clues include a white tour ferry, wooden pilings, simple dockside benches, period casual clothing, and a waterfront park setting consistent with the supplied 1955 date.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, moving from the ferry at the dock to people waiting or posing casually by benches near the water.
What appears in frame: Frames show the Shamrock II ferry, dock pilings, calm harbor water, passengers, benches, trees, a standing man, seated visitors, and cloudy sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, color fading, gate edges, and slight handheld instability typical of mid-century home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, waterfront transition, travel-memory beat, or cutaway for Miami Beach ferry and tourism context.
Historical context: The footage visually places leisure travel and public waterfront space in mid-century Dade County without proving a specific event or official route.
Research note: People and a visible boat name may require likeness, trademark, or editorial-use review separate from any footage copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1955 Miami Beach docks, Dade County ferry home movie, Shamrock II tour boat, Florida harbor 8mm, and 1950s waterfront tourism.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1955 Dade County or Miami Beach footage, then broader Florida docks, ferries, tourism, and waterfront leisure clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County home-movie frame showing the Shamrock II ferry moored beside dock pilings under a cloudy sky. — The Shamrock II ferry sits at the dock with passengers visible through the open windows.

Miami Beach dock view of the white Shamrock II ferry, partly obscured by a piling, with calm harbor water below. — A dock piling partly blocks the view of the ferry tied up at the waterfront.

1955 Dade County waterfront park scene with seated visitors, a standing man, benches, a tree, and harbor water beyond. — Visitors pause by benches along the waterfront after the ferry dock view.

Miami-area waterfront park frame with a standing man, seated visitors, benches, a tree, and cloudy sky in 1955 home-movie footage. — A man stands near benches while other visitors sit along the waterfront park edge.

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