Vancouver Bc Canada-1968: Ocean Liner and Speedboat in Open Water

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Ocean Liner and Speedboat in Open Water — Clip Details

Shot from a moving vehicle in Vancouver BC, 1968, this 8mm home movie captures a view of a tan ocean liner, the Hoegh-Ulend Auto Liner, sailing on choppy waters. A small black speedboat cuts through the waves nearby, leaving a white wake. The footage shows a red buoy in the foreground and a plume of dark smoke rising from the ship's funnel under an overcast sky. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a strong sense of mid-1960s nostalgia and maritime travel history.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124633511

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: 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 1126 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: parade,donner pass
Reel-level year note: 1967-1968
Reel-level location note: reno,spokane,vancouver
Date: 1968 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: 1960s Vancouver harbor footage for productions needing maritime travel, shipping, or coastal traffic inserts from home-movie color film.
Period detail: The ocean liner, buoy, small speedboat, and faded color stock may show late-1960s harbor activity in Vancouver as identified by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a moving vantage point, giving the clip an unstaged visitor view of a passing ship on choppy water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tan auto liner, black speedboat, red buoy, gray open water, dark funnel smoke, overcast sky, and distant bridge structure.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, muted color, and slight handheld instability that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, harbor establishing insert, or memory beat for coastal travel and shipping sequences.
Historical context: The frames document recreational viewing of commercial marine traffic, with a large vessel and small boat sharing open water near Vancouver.
Research note: The ship name or logo appears visible, so trademark, vessel identification, and copyright questions should be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1968 Vancouver harbor home movie, 8mm ocean liner footage, auto liner at sea, speedboat wake, and Canadian coastal shipping.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1968 Vancouver waterfront footage, then broader 1960s ships, ferries, harbors, and recreational boating.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Vancouver harbor view of a tan ocean liner moving across choppy water with a red buoy under a gray sky. — A tan ocean liner passes beyond a red buoy on open water.

1968 Vancouver waterfront footage shows a tan ocean liner, dark funnel smoke, red buoy, and small black speedboat on choppy water. — A small speedboat runs near a smoking ocean liner and buoy.

1968 Vancouver harbor scene with the tan ocean liner in the distance and a black speedboat leaving a white wake near a red buoy. — The speedboat cuts across the liner's path, leaving a white wake.

A distant bridge structure appears across Vancouver water in the final 1968 home-movie frame, partly obscured by soft exposure and film grain. — A distant bridge structure spans the water in a soft final frame.

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