Moscow Russia-1983: Old Ferry Boat Navigating A River

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Year1983
Decade1980s
LocationMoscow, Russia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1983 Russia

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Old Ferry Boat Navigating A River — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1983, this grainy black and white footage captures a large ferry boat navigating a wide river in Moscow, Russia. The vintage home movie shows the vessel moving steadily across the water, its multiple decks and windows visible through the film's characteristic grain and soft focus. The image is framed by the classic 8mm film border, with occasional dust spots and scratches adding to its authentic archival quality. This nostalgic clip offers a glimpse into Soviet-era transportation and daily life along the river, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124819104

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: 1983 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: Moscow, Russia 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: 1980s Moscow 8mm river-transport footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing Soviet-era urban waterway atmosphere.
Period detail: The multi-deck passenger vessel, monochrome 8mm texture, and metadata-supported 1983 Moscow setting place the view in a late Soviet urban river context.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a distant visitor-shot perspective, observing a ferry from shore or another vantage point without staged action or identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wide river surface, a large multi-deck ferry, rows of windows, railings, soft shoreline detail, film borders, grain, and dust marks.
Film character: The clip carries strong 8mm archival character through soft focus, black-and-white grain, gate edges, flicker, and slight exposure variation across the brief shot.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a river-transport cutaway, Moscow travel insert, Soviet-era transition, or quiet memory beat between broader city scenes.
Historical context: The view documents passenger movement on a broad Moscow waterway, with the boat and open river giving context for everyday urban transportation.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in the frames, but users should separately assess copyright, location, and vessel-identification needs.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1983 Moscow ferry footage, Soviet river boat home movie, black-and-white 8mm river transport, and vintage Moscow waterway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Moscow 1983 material, then broader Soviet-era river, ferry, and public-transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Distant multi-deck ferry on a wide Moscow river, filmed in soft black-and-white 8mm in 1983. — A ferry appears far across the river, partially softened by grain and film gate edges.

A distant ferry moves across the Moscow river in a grainy 1983 8mm frame with dark gate borders. — The vessel remains distant, with its upper decks faintly visible through the grain.

A large multi-deck ferry fills more of the 1983 Moscow river frame, with rows of windows and railings visible. — The ferry passes nearer to the camera, showing stacked decks and long rows of windows.

The 1983 Moscow 8mm footage shows the ferry broadside on the river, framed by grain and dark film edges. — A broadside view shows the ferry's decks, windows, and railings against the open water.

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