St. Ignace Michigan-1961: Passengers Celebrating Aboard Boat

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationSt. Ignace, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Michigan

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St. Ignace Michigan-1961: Passengers Celebrating Aboard Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a lively scene aboard a boat, likely a ferry or cruise vessel. Passengers in period attire, including a man in a suit with a bow tie and others in casual summer clothes, mingle and celebrate. The footage shows a man in a military-style uniform, suggesting a naval or maritime theme, with a sign reading 'ST IGNACE' visible in one frame. The grainy, color-bleached quality and film scratches are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

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: 123746347

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: St. Ignace, Michigan, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1961 8mm home-movie footage of passengers mingling on a boat, useful for midcentury travel, leisure, maritime, or public gathering inserts.
Period detail: Men in suits, bow ties, summer shirts, caps, and a visible ST IGNACE sign may show early 1960s passenger-boat social detail.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passenger viewpoint, with people turning, talking, filming, and moving through a crowded deck area.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include boat railings, cabin windows, deck canopy, suited men, caps, a camera, crowded passengers, and the ST IGNACE sign.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, faded color, handheld framing, visible gate edges, dust, scratches, and uneven exposure typical of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, transition, or establishing detail for midcentury boat travel and public celebration.
Historical context: The footage documents ordinary social dress and deck activity aboard a passenger vessel without proving a specific event beyond the supplied 1961 Buffalo metadata.
Research note: Human faces and a readable vessel or brand sign are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location identification review may be needed separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Buffalo 8mm boat passengers, vintage ferry deck crowd, midcentury home movie celebration, and maritime leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then with 1961 Buffalo or New York boat material, then with midcentury travel and celebration scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 8mm home-movie frame from Buffalo metadata showing passengers near a boat cabin, railings, windows, and a ST IGNACE sign. — Passengers gather by the boat cabin beneath the ST IGNACE sign.

A crowded boat deck in the 1961 home-movie footage, with passengers in caps and summer clothing near cabin windows. — Passengers crowd the deck while one man raises an object near his face.

1961 8mm frame of a busy boat deck with a suited man, casually dressed passengers, and a canopy structure overhead. — A suited passenger stands among the crowd on the boat deck.

A bow-tied man stands in profile as passengers fill the deck behind him.

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