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Ontario Canada-1940: Canada Steamship Lines Vessel At Grain Elevator Port

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

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Canada Steamship Lines Vessel At Grain Elevator Port — Clip Details

ONTARIO CANADA-1940: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a large red-hulled steamship from Canada Steamship Lines docked at a bustling port. The vessel, with its prominent smokestack and white superstructure, is moored near a massive grain elevator. In the background, an industrial city skyline with a distinctive domed building rises above the waterfront. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows slight camera movement and the characteristic grain and color fade of mid-century home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-20th century maritime commerce and urban development.

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
124763670

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • large vessel
  • body of water
  • labeled
  • canada steamship lanes
  • large
  • shipping
  • vessel
  • moving
  • body
  • water
  • transportation
  • ontario canada
  • 1940
  • 1940s shipping footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Canada Steamship Lines
  • industrial port
  • grain elevator
  • steamship
  • 1940s Canada
  • retro transportation
  • archival footage
  • waterfront
  • historic film
  • 8mm home movie
  • maritime history
  • vintage industrial
  • nostalgic clip
  • documentary footage
  • archival film
  • old film

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s Ontario maritime commerce, Great Lakes shipping, industrial waterfront, or urban harbor establishing shots in documentary and museum edits.
Period detail
The red Canada Steamship Lines hull, smokestack, grain elevator, harbor structures, and distant skyline support a mid-century Ontario port setting.
Home-movie behavior
The handheld framing feels like a visitor or traveler observing a working harbor from across the water rather than a staged industrial film.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a red-hulled steamship, Canada Steamship Lines lettering, smokestack, white superstructure, grain elevator wall, harbor water, quay, and distant city buildings.
Film character
The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fade, gate edges, and small exposure shifts that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, harbor transition, industrial memory beat, or visual bridge between shipping, city, and waterfront sequences.
Historical context
The clip shows a working port landscape where lake shipping, grain handling, and urban industry appear close together along the waterfront.
Research note
Canada Steamship Lines lettering is visible, and a few people may be present at a distance, so brand, copyright, and likeness review should remain separate.
Research search match
Search match for vintage 8mm Ontario harbor footage, Canada Steamship Lines vessel, grain elevator port, Great Lakes shipping, and 1940s industrial waterfront.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with the same reel, then other Ontario 1940 waterfront clips, then broader Great Lakes shipping, grain elevator, and industrial city material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s Ontario harbor view of a red Canada Steamship Lines vessel moored near a tall grain elevator.
Canada Steamship Lines vessel docked beside a large grain elevator wall.
Red-hulled Canada Steamship Lines vessel in an Ontario port, framed against a massive grain elevator.
Steamship and grain elevator seen from across the harbor water.
Ontario industrial waterfront with dock, smoke or steam, distant skyline, and small people visible near the quay.
Harbor-side view toward an industrial city skyline and waterfront activity.
1940s Ontario waterfront looking toward industrial buildings, a distant domed structure, dock activity, and harbor water.
Industrial harbor foreground with a city skyline beyond the waterfront.

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