Ireland-1969: Car Being Hoisted From A Carrier Boat And Placed On A Dock

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationIreland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Ireland

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Car Being Hoisted From A Carrier Boat And Placed On A Dock — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1969 captures a dark-colored station wagon being hoisted by a crane from a carrier boat onto a dock in Ireland. The car, featuring a USA license plate, is suspended mid-air by chains as it's lowered toward the shore. The scene unfolds at a working port with industrial buildings and ship railings visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, natural color shifts, and subtle grain, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-century travel and maritime transport.

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: 124341939

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: 1969 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: Ireland 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Ireland travel footage for productions needing a concise maritime transport or car-arrival insert from home-movie material.
Period detail: Visible clues include a dark station wagon with a USA plate, crane chains, ship railings, dock structures, and port buildings consistent with late-1960s travel logistics.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a traveler-shot perspective, observing a personal vehicle being moved from boat to dock rather than staging the port activity.
What appears in frame: A suspended dark station wagon, crane chains, ship railings, dockside buildings, windows, ramps, and harbor equipment are visible across the frames.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, blue-purple color shift, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing as physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for overseas car travel, ferry arrival, port handling, or 1960s touring.
Historical context: The footage visually situates private automobile travel within a working port setting, showing how a vehicle could be handled between boat and shore.
Research note: Human review should note possible visible people, identifiable plate markings, and car badging; copyright, likeness, and brand concerns are separate checks.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1969 Ireland home movie car hoisted from boat, 8mm port crane station wagon, and vintage ferry dock vehicle unloading.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Ireland 1969 travel scenes, then related 1960s port, ferry, dock, crane, and automobile transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1969 Ireland footage, a dark station wagon with a USA plate hangs from crane chains near ship railings and dock equipment. — A station wagon is lifted by crane chains from a carrier boat toward the dock.

The rear and side of the station wagon remain suspended at an angle, with crane hardware and dock railings visible behind it. — The car hangs mid-air as the crane lowers it beside the vessel.

The crane lowers the dark station wagon near a dockside building, with windows, railings, and harbor equipment in the background. — The vehicle descends toward the dock in front of port buildings and railings.

The station wagon is nearly level with the dock area, still held by crane chains against a backdrop of port buildings and railings. — The crane brings the car closer to the dockside landing area.

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