Germany-1962: Man Tying Rope at St. Goar Pier

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationGermany
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Germany

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Man Tying Rope at St — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a man tying a rope at the St. Goar pier, with a historic German riverside town in the background. The scene features classic European architecture, including a prominent church spire, nestled along a riverbank with a hillside of vineyards. The man, dressed in work clothes, performs his task on the metal gangway as old cars pass by. The film exhibits natural color shifts and grain, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 124765482

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 1714 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: rhine river,notre dame,momarte artists
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: rhine river,germany,paris,france,cologne,belgium,versailles,
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Germany Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1962 German 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational requests for Rhine town waterfront activity, ferry access, and everyday riverside labor.
Period detail: Visible period clues include mid-century cars, a metal pier gangway, the St. Goar sign, older riverside buildings, and a church spire beneath vineyard-covered hills.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in a worker or boatman handling a rope at the pier while traffic and town life continue behind him.
What appears in frame: The frames show a riverside town, church spire, hillside vineyards, St. Goar pier sign, gangway rails, small boat, parked and passing cars, and a man tying a rope.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, purple color shift, visible grain, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical character of early-1960s home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel insert, river-town transition, or memory beat within sequences about Germany, Rhine journeys, ferries, or postwar tourism.
Historical context: The footage places everyday pier work beside a historic German riverside streetscape, showing transport infrastructure and town architecture as seen by a visitor in 1962.
Research note: People and a readable place sign are visible, so users should review likeness, signage, location, and copyright considerations separately for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Germany 8mm St. Goar pier, Rhine riverside town home movie, man tying rope at ferry gangway, and German village waterfront footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then other 1962 St. Goar or Rhine footage, then broader German riverside towns, piers, ferries, and vineyard landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 8mm view of a German riverside town, with a church spire, clustered buildings, water in the foreground, and vineyard slopes behind. — A town and church sit along the river below vineyard-covered hills.

At the St. Goar pier in 1962 Germany, a man handles a rope near a metal gangway, with cars, buildings, and a small boat behind him. — A man works beside the St. Goar pier gangway as cars pass in the background.

1962 St. Goar pier view with the sign, metal gangway, moored small boat, traffic, and a man moving near the lower foreground. — The St. Goar landing is framed with gangway rails, parked cars, and a small boat.

A man stands with a rope at the St. Goar pier in 1962, with metal gangway rails, a small boat, cars, trees, and town buildings behind him. — A pier worker or boatman handles a rope beneath the St. Goar landing sign.

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