Ontario Canada-1940: Two Women Walk Towards Ship Then Turn And Pose In Front

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

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Two Women Walk Towards Ship Then Turn And Pose In Front — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1940, this vintage home movie captures two women in period attire walking along a dock in Ontario, Canada. Dressed in dark blue coats and hats, they approach a large passenger steamship, then turn to pose for the camera. The ship, with its multi-deck structure and classic design, dominates the background. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain, color fading, and slight instability of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century travel and daily life.

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: 124763626

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 Canadian travel, waterfront leisure, and home-movie sequences needing visitors approaching a passenger ship.
Period detail: The women's coats, hats, dock railings, and multi-deck passenger steamer support a mid-20th-century travel setting in Ontario, Canada.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has informal home-movie value as the women walk, turn, and pose directly for the person filming.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women in dark coats, hats, a dock walkway, metal railings, a large passenger ship, water, and distant shoreline.
Film character: The 8mm image shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, mild flicker, and handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, travel transition, waterfront cutaway, or personal-memory beat in a 1940s sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows leisure or travel activity around a Canadian dock without confirming the women's identities, route, or purpose of the ship.
Research note: People and ship markings are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location identification should be reviewed separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s Ontario home movie, women posing by passenger ship, Canadian dock travel, and vintage 8mm waterfront footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel footage, then Ontario 1940 material, then broader passenger-ship and dockside home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Ontario, Canada, two women in 1940s attire stand on a dock near a large passenger ship, with one turning toward the camera. — Two women pause beside dock railings with a large passenger ship behind them.

Two women in dark coats walk along an Ontario dock beside a multi-deck passenger ship in this 1940 home-movie frame. — The women move down the dock toward the ship, seen from behind.

On the dock in Ontario, one woman turns toward the camera while another remains near the railings and passenger ship. — One woman turns back toward the camera as the ship fills the background.

Two women in period coats pose on an Ontario dock in front of a large passenger ship, with railings and water behind them. — The women pose separately on the dock with the passenger ship behind them.

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