Italy-1962: Boat Going Through A Shore Of 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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Boat Going Through A Shore Of Waves — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a large ship navigating through choppy waters near a shoreline. The footage, likely filmed from another vessel, shows the ship moving through waves with a distant cityscape visible on the horizon. The image exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: grainy texture, faded blue and purple color tones, and natural film imperfections like scratches and dust. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century travel and maritime activity, offering authentic archival footage for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 125017275

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 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: Useful for 1960s Italian maritime travel sequences, documentary cutaways, or archive inserts showing a vessel and shoreline seen from moving water.
Period detail: The 8mm color, distant ship, low coastline, and soft harbor view support a 1962 travel-home-movie reading without identifying a specific port or landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from another vessel, watching coastal water, a passing ship, and shoreline rather than staging a formal scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include choppy water, a large vessel, shoreline rocks or breakwater, hazy coast, distant buildings or industrial structures, and film gate edges.
Film character: The footage carries a scanned 8mm look with soft focus, blue-purple color fading, handheld framing, dust, scratches, and slight exposure variation.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief maritime insert, coastal transition, travel-memory beat, or visual bridge into 1960s Italian seaside material.
Historical context: The scene places mid-century leisure or travel near an Italian shoreline, with water traffic and a distant built-up coast visible but not specifically identified.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or vessel identification should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches it may match include 1962 Italy 8mm coastal boat footage, vintage home movie ship at shoreline, and 1960s Mediterranean harbor waves.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Italy 1962 coastal clips, then broader vintage boat, harbor, and shoreline travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Italy 8mm frame showing a large vessel partly cut off at the bottom, with waves and a low shoreline beyond. — A large vessel passes through choppy coastal water near a low shoreline.

1962 Italy 8mm frame with choppy coastal water, a low rocky shore, and dark vertical frame edging from the film scan. — Waves break along a low shoreline as the camera looks across the water.

1962 Italy 8mm frame showing a hazy coastal horizon, breakwater, water, and faint distant structures. — A distant coast and breakwater appear through soft focus and faded color.

1962 Italy 8mm frame looking over open water toward a hazy shoreline with indistinct coastal structures. — Open water leads toward a hazy shoreline with indistinct structures in the distance.

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