Mississippi River USA-1972: Woman In Front Of Passenger Boat Preparing To Set Sail

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationMississippi River, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman In Front Of Passenger Boat Preparing To Set Sail — Clip Details

MISSISSIPPI RIVER USA-1972: A woman in a red headscarf and glasses stands on a wooden dock in front of a large, white paddlewheel riverboat. The boat, flying an American flag, is docked at a terminal with passengers boarding. The scene captures a sunny day with vibrant blue skies and calm water, showcasing classic 1970s Americana. The footage, shot on 8mm film, features natural film grain and saturated colors, with a brief cut to a beach scene where people swim and relax. This vintage home movie captures a nostalgic moment of river travel and leisure.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124349092

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Mississippi River, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 1970s documentary or educational edits needing Mississippi River leisure travel, excursion-boat boarding, or home-movie Americana atmosphere.
Period detail: Visible clues include 8mm color stock, 1970s casual clothing, a red headscarf, dock railings, an American flag, and a white passenger riverboat.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot quality, with a woman posing near the dock before the camera cuts to swimmers and beachgoers by the river.
What appears in frame: Frames show a woman at a dock rail, a white riverboat, an American flag, calm river water, boarding passengers, wooded shoreline, sandy beach, swimmers, and a ladder frame.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld framing, and contact-print edge shadows that add physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an insert, travel transition, riverboat cutaway, vacation-memory beat, or brief bridge between dockside tourism and riverside recreation.
Historical context: The scene reflects leisure travel and waterfront recreation in early 1970s American home-movie footage without confirming the vessel identity or exact landing.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and the boat may include identifiable markings, so likeness, trademark, and location review should be separated from copyright review.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1972 8mm Mississippi River passenger boat, woman on dock home movie, American flag riverboat, and 1970s riverside recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Mississippi River dock or boat scenes, then broader 1970s river travel and vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Mississippi River home-movie frame showing a woman by a dock rail with a white passenger boat, boarding area, and American flag behind her. — Woman standing near the dock as a white passenger riverboat sits behind her.

A dockside view on the Mississippi River shows a woman facing the camera while a white passenger riverboat remains tied nearby. — Dockside portrait with the riverboat, flag, and boarding area in the background.

1972 riverfront footage shows a woman near the dock rail as passengers and a large white boat appear behind her. — The woman remains in the foreground while the docked passenger boat fills the background.

The clip cuts to a Mississippi River beach scene with people in shallow water and a white passenger boat docked across the riverfront. — Riverside beach activity with swimmers and the docked boat in the distance.

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