Italy-1962: Large Passenger Ship With Lifeboats And Waves

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Large Passenger Ship With Lifeboats And Waves — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a large passenger ship at sea, its deck lined with lifeboats and naval equipment. The grainy, purple-tinted imagery evokes a nostalgic 1960s home movie aesthetic, with the vessel’s superstructure, railings, and a small boat visible against the open ocean. The camera pans across the ship’s side, offering a glimpse of maritime life and transportation during the era. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 125015620

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1712 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: vatican visit to pope,lg fountain
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: rome,italy
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: Italy 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: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing an Italian maritime travel, ferry, or passenger-ship cutaway at sea.
Period detail: The ship railings, lifeboats, davits, deck fittings, and color 8mm stock may show mid-20th-century passenger-ship travel details.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like a passenger or traveler filming from close range, panning across the ship side and deck rather than staging the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible details include lifeboats, curved railings, deck stairs, ship superstructure, vents, davits, rigging, and dark blue water.
Film character: The clip has grainy 8mm texture, purple-blue color shift, soft focus, gate edges, and handheld movement that read as original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief maritime insert, travel transition, shipboard cutaway, or memory beat within a 1960s journey sequence.
Historical context: The footage places a large passenger vessel within leisure or transport travel imagery, with deck equipment and sea visible but no identifiable route shown.
Research note: People appear at a distance on deck, so likeness review may be needed even though no brands or private interiors are visible in the provided frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Italy 8mm passenger ship, vintage ferry lifeboats, home movie ship at sea, and 1960s maritime travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Italy 1962 travel material, then with vintage ships, ferries, lifeboats, and ocean scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Italy 8mm frame showing a passenger ship deck with a lifeboat, curved railings, deck equipment, and distant people. — A lifeboat and clustered deck details are seen along the side of a large passenger ship.

1962 Italy 8mm frame showing the ship superstructure, railings, vents, and deck fittings with sea beyond the vessel. — Railings and vents line the ship's upper structure as the camera passes along the vessel.

1962 Italy 8mm frame showing a mounted lifeboat, deck stairs, white railings, and part of a passenger ship side. — A lifeboat sits secured on deck below railings and stairs along the ship's side.

1962 Italy 8mm frame showing the side of a large passenger ship with rigging, railings, deck equipment, and blue sea below. — The camera frames the ship's side, rigging, and railings above dark blue water.

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