Ontario Canada-1940: Women In Blue Clothing Boarding On The Big White Ship

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

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Women In Blue Clothing Boarding On The Big White Ship — Clip Details

ONTARIO CANADA-1940: Vintage 8mm film captures the Canadian National Steamship 'Dalhousie City' at a dock, its cream-colored hull and white superstructure prominent. Passengers, including women in period-appropriate blue and purple coats and hats, board the vessel. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows the ship's details and the boarding process with authentic grain and color, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century travel and maritime life in Ontario.

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: 124763631

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: 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 documentary or museum edits needing 1940s Canadian passenger travel, dockside boarding, or Great Lakes steamship atmosphere from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The women's coats, brimmed hats, gloves, ship railings, and painted steamship signage may show mid-century travel dress and maritime passenger routines.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual dockside viewpoint as passengers pause, turn, and board without staged presentation, preserving a brief social moment around travel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Dalhousie City name, cream hull, white wheelhouse, dock rail, passengers in blue and purple coats, hats, gloves, and uniformed ship staff.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm color texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that keeps the moment grounded in home-movie record.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short insert, travel transition, maritime cutaway, or memory beat between broader scenes of Canadian tourism and passenger transport.
Historical context: The footage visually situates ship boarding as a public travel ritual, with dressed passengers and crew moving around a Canadian National Steamship vessel.
Research note: People and vessel signage are visible, so copyright, likeness, and trademark or identification considerations should be reviewed separately before final use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s Ontario 8mm ship boarding, Canadian steamship passengers, Dalhousie City footage, dockside travel, and vintage home movie maritime scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Ontario or 1940 travel footage, then broader themes of passenger ships, dockside boarding, and Canadian tourism.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Ontario home-movie frame showing the Dalhousie City name on a white steamship wheelhouse and the cream hull below. — The Dalhousie City is seen from dock level, with its wheelhouse and upper deck filling the frame.

The Dalhousie City appears at an Ontario dock, with its white wheelhouse, railings, and cream hull seen in soft 8mm color. — A second view holds on the ship's upper structure and painted name before boarding activity appears below.

At an Ontario dock in 1940, women in blue and purple coats and hats stand beside the Dalhousie City during boarding. — Passengers in period coats and hats wait near the rail as boarding activity continues beside the ship.

Women in mid-century dress and uniformed crew are visible beside the Dalhousie City as passengers gather at the dock. — A woman looks toward the camera while others face the ship and crew during the boarding moment.

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