Fort Wayne Indiana-1974: A Ferry Full Of People Carrying Passengers Across A Waterway

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

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A Ferry Full Of People Carrying Passengers Across A Waterway — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1974 captures a white passenger ferry named 'MOTEL CAFE CHAMBERLAIN' navigating a calm waterway under a cloudy sky. The two-deck vessel is filled with people enjoying a summer day, their figures visible on the open upper deck. Shot from a fixed position on the shore, the footage shows the ferry moving past wooden pilings and green vegetation, with a small boat visible in the distance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color saturation, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic mid-20th century American waterfront 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: 124445903

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 waterfront ferry footage for documentary inserts about passenger transport, leisure travel, or small-vessel movement on an American waterway.
Period detail: The open-deck white passenger ferry, casual clothing, wooden pilings, and saturated 8mm color support a 1970s home-movie waterfront setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a shore-based visitor perspective, watching passengers gather on the ferry deck as the vessel passes rather than staging the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white passenger ferry, groups of passengers, cloudy sky, water, wooden pilings, shoreline vegetation, a small boat, and a dockside flag or post.
Film character: The scan carries dense 8mm grain, blue-purple color shift, soft focus, slight motion blur, and gate edges that reinforce its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for travel, ferry service, waterfront recreation, or passenger movement.
Historical context: The footage records everyday public travel or leisure activity from the shore, with passengers visible on a small ferry crossing or moving along a calm waterway.
Research note: People and vessel lettering are visible, so likeness and trademark or identification review may be needed in addition to copyright clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s 8mm ferry passengers, vintage American waterway ferry, home movie passenger boat, and cloudy waterfront transport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Fort Wayne or 1974 waterfront material, then broader ferry, passenger boat, or American leisure travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 8mm footage shows a white passenger ferry carrying people past shoreline pilings on a cloudy waterway in Fort Wayne, Indiana. — A crowded white ferry moves past wooden pilings under a cloudy sky.

The ferry continues along the waterway, with passengers visible on deck and green shoreline vegetation in the foreground. — The passenger ferry moves across the frame beyond foreground vegetation and pilings.

A white passenger ferry crosses the waterway near small boats, dock posts, and a grassy shoreline in the 1974 home-movie scene. — The ferry passes a waterfront area with small boats and posts in view.

The ferry moves partly out of view near dock posts and a small boat, with a flag or signpost in the foreground. — The ferry nears the frame edge as dockside posts and a small boat fill the foreground.

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