Ontario Canada-1940: Steamship At Dock With Women Walking Outdoors

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Year1940
Decade1940s
LocationOntario, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1940 Canada

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Steamship At Dock With Women Walking Outdoors — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1940, this vintage footage captures a large steamship docked at a pier in Ontario, Canada. The cream and black vessel, with its prominent smokestack and multiple decks, is moored beside a concrete walkway. In the final frames, two women in dark coats and hats walk along the dock, one holding a book or folder, while the other adjusts her hat. The scene evokes a nostalgic, everyday moment from the mid-20th century, with soft colors and the characteristic grain of home movie film.

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: 124763618

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1940 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: Ontario, Canada 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: Useful for 1940s documentary or educational edits needing Ontario dockside travel footage with a passenger steamship and pedestrians.
Period detail: The steamship, dock railings, hats, long coats, and muted 8mm color support a 1940s travel or waterfront scene in Ontario, Canada.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, lingering on a moored vessel before two women pass through the foreground in an unstaged dockside moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large cream steamship, dark smokestack, upper decks, flags, dock railings, concrete walkway, water, and two women in coats.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld framing, modest exposure shifts, dust specks, and 8mm grain give the footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a waterfront insert, travel transition, transportation cutaway, or brief memory beat before a lake or ferry sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows everyday public movement around passenger water transport, with dress and dockside activity reflecting mid-century leisure or travel.
Research note: People and vessel markings appear visible, so likeness, signage, and trademark review may be needed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Search matches include 1940 Ontario steamship dock, 8mm home movie passenger boat, women walking pier, and vintage Canadian waterfront footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel dock or travel scenes, then Ontario 1940 footage, then broader vintage steamship, harbor, and pedestrian waterfront material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Ontario 8mm frame showing a cream passenger steamship at a dock, with railings, flags, water, and a concrete walkway. — Steamship moored at an Ontario dock, viewed from a handheld home-movie position.

Cream and dark steamship remains moored at an Ontario dock in 1940, framed with railings, posts, flags, and water beyond. — Passenger steamship held in frame beside dock railings and open water.

1940 Ontario dock scene with a woman in a dark coat and hat crossing the foreground as a steamship sits moored behind her. — A woman walks along the dock in front of the moored steamship.

Two women in coats and hats move along an Ontario dock in 1940, with the moored passenger steamship and railings behind them. — Two women pass through the foreground on the dock beside the steamship.

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