Greece-1963: U.S. Navy Warship 144 At Sea

Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationGreece
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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U.S. Navy Warship 144 At Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage footage captures a U.S. Navy warship at sea, its hull number 144 clearly visible. The grainy, color-tinted images show the vessel navigating through blue waters, with the bow cutting through waves. The camera pans along the ship's side, revealing deck equipment, gun turrets, and rigging. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality, with the dark borders of a home movie projection framing the scene. This is authentic 1960s naval footage, ideal for historical documentaries, wartime narratives, or vintage vintage projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125018890

Rights & Clearance

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: 1963 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Greece Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1960s archival footage for productions needing a brief U.S. Navy vessel-at-sea insert from home-movie material associated with Greece in 1963.
Period detail: The hull number 144, gray naval paint, deck guns, rigging, and 8mm color stock point to a mid-20th-century military maritime scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint from a nearby vessel or dockside position, observing the ship in passing rather than staging a formal naval record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the ship bow, hull number 144, blue sea, white bow wake, deck turrets, railings, rigging, and projected film borders.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, blue color cast, soft focus, handheld framing, and contact-sheet-like dark borders that signal original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, maritime transition, military-history insert, or memory beat within a 1960s Greece or naval sequence.
Historical context: The imagery places an American naval vessel in Mediterranean waters by metadata, showing shipboard equipment and close-range observation without broader operational context.
Research note: Review should confirm vessel identification, copyright status, and any naval-use implications; no visible faces, logos, minors, or private interiors are apparent in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Good match for searches such as 1963 Greece U.S. Navy ship 8mm, hull number 144 at sea, vintage naval vessel footage, and 1960s Mediterranean warship home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Greece 1963 maritime footage, then broader 1960s naval, harbor, ocean travel, or military cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Greece-associated 8mm frame showing the bow of a gray U.S. Navy vessel with hull number 144 cutting through blue water. — The ship's bow and hull number 144 are seen above a white wake.

Close side view of the gray naval vessel marked 144, with deck equipment and upper structures framed by dark film borders. — The camera holds on the ship's numbered hull and forward deck details.

8mm frame showing the ship's side, deck railings, rigging lines, and upper structures during a close pass at sea. — Rigging and deck structures fill the frame as the camera pans along the ship.

The camera continues along the vessel's side, showing midship structures, railings, rigging, and white water breaking beside the hull. — A midship section of the naval vessel passes close to the camera above churning water.

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