Fort Wayne Indiana-1974: A Large Boat Moving On The Water

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationFort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 Fort Wayne Indiana

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A Large Boat Moving On The Water — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1974, showing a large white passenger boat named 'Miss Cape Canaveral' moving across calm blue water. The boat, filled with passengers, navigates near a small lighthouse and wooden pilings, with a grassy shoreline in the foreground. The scene is captured under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds, showcasing the characteristic color saturation and film grain of 8mm home movie footage from the era. The camera remains stationary, offering a nostalgic view of a classic American waterway scene.

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: 124445873

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: 1974 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: Fort Wayne, Indiana, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a passenger boat crossing a sunny American waterway with shoreline and small lighthouse context.
Period detail: The white excursion boat, saturated color, soft focus, and 8mm grain support a 1970s home-movie reading, with the location and 1974 date taken from supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The stationary shoreline view preserves a visitor's unstaged look at a passenger boat moving past pilings while small figures ride on deck.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white passenger boat, blue water, wooden pilings, grassy shore, small lighthouse-like structure, low horizon, clouds, and tiny passengers.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, saturated blue sky and water, slight softness, and stable framing that give it recognizable physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel cutaway, waterfront transition, or memory beat within a 1970s leisure or regional-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational boat traffic from a shore-based home-movie perspective without enough visible detail to identify passengers or confirm local infrastructure.
Research note: People and a named vessel or marking may be present, so copyright, likeness, trademark, and vessel-identification questions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1970s 8mm passenger boat, vintage home movie waterfront, Fort Wayne Indiana 1974 boat, and excursion boat on blue water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Fort Wayne or 1974 waterfront footage, then broader 1970s boating and travel home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 8mm home-movie frame from supplied Fort Wayne metadata showing a white passenger boat crossing blue water near shoreline pilings. — A white passenger boat passes wooden pilings under a bright, clouded sky.

The white passenger boat continues across the water in this 1974 home-movie frame, with passengers visible as small figures on deck. — The boat moves past the shoreline pilings with a low horizon behind it.

A 1970s 8mm frame shows the passenger boat mid-crossing, partly aligned behind shoreline pilings and foreground grass. — The white boat crosses the frame behind weathered pilings on the water.

Near the end of the clip, the passenger boat sits farther right against blue water and sky in the supplied 1974 Fort Wayne footage. — The boat continues rightward, framed by pilings, grass, and open sky.

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