Ontario Canada-1940: Boat Approaching Lighthouse at Harbor Entrance

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

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Boat Approaching Lighthouse at Harbor Entrance — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1940, this vintage home movie captures a view from a boat approaching a small lighthouse at the entrance of a harbor in Ontario, Canada. The red and white lighthouse stands on a concrete pier extending into choppy water, with a tree-lined shore in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight blur, and a dark frame border, conveying a nostalgic, archival feel. The camera moves steadily forward, offering a serene yet slightly overcast maritime scene from a mid-century perspective.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124763720

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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 1940s Ontario maritime sequences needing a brief visitor-shot view of a harbor entrance lighthouse from a moving boat.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century harbor infrastructure, including a red and white beacon on a concrete pier and a low tree-lined shoreline.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual boat-passenger viewpoint, with the camera holding on the lighthouse as the vessel moves through choppy water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small red and white lighthouse, concrete breakwater, gray water, distant trees, overcast sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld motion consistent with home-movie filming.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short maritime insert, harbor approach transition, travel cutaway, or memory beat in a Canadian waterfront sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for recreational or travel filming around an Ontario harbor entrance without identifying a specific landmark beyond the supplied location.
Research note: No people, brands, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and property-related reuse should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940 Ontario 8mm lighthouse footage, harbor entrance from boat, vintage Canadian waterfront, and home movie maritime cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Ontario 1940 harbor material, then broader vintage lighthouse, pier, boat travel, and Great Lakes waterfront themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940 Ontario harbor view from a boat, showing a red and white lighthouse on a concrete pier with trees beyond. — A small harbor lighthouse stands on a concrete pier as the boat approaches through choppy water.

1940 Ontario boat-view frame of a small harbor lighthouse on a pier, with gray water and a low wooded shore behind it. — The lighthouse remains centered while the moving boat passes the harbor entrance pier.

1940 Ontario harbor approach showing the lighthouse shifted right in frame, with choppy water and trees behind the pier. — The boat draws alongside the breakwater, placing the small lighthouse near the right side of the frame.

1940 Ontario waterfront frame with a small lighthouse on a concrete pier, seen across choppy water from a passing boat. — The lighthouse recedes toward the right as the boat continues past the harbor entrance.

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