Greece-1963: Naval Ship With Number 144 and Crew on Deck

$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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Naval Ship With Number 144 and Crew on Deck — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage footage captures a naval ship at sea, its hull marked with the number 144. The camera pans across the deck, revealing crew members in period uniforms, naval guns, and a helicopter on the flight deck. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a strong sense of mid-century maritime history. The ship cuts through blue waters under a clear sky, offering a rare glimpse into Cold War-era naval operations. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.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: 125020328

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1963 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: Greece 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

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 Greece or Cold War-era naval archive requests needing brief 8mm ship-at-sea material for documentary, museum, or education edits.
Period detail: The hull number 144, gray naval paint, deck guns, uniformed crew, and shipboard equipment may show mid-century naval operations viewed from a civilian 8mm camera.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing and contact-sheet glimpses suggest a visitor or passenger filming from close range as the vessel passes, preserving an unstaged observer's view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the gray ship hull marked 144, blue sea, bow wake, deck structures, sailors on deck, rigging, a small boat, and shipboard equipment.
Film character: The clip has saturated blue water, soft 8mm grain, uneven exposure, slight blur, and frame-edge darkness that give the scanned film a clear home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short naval insert, maritime transition, Cold War-era cutaway, or memory beat within a Greece travel or military-history sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places a naval vessel in open water near Greece in 1963, but the frames do not identify the ship name, navy, mission, or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness and military-identification review may be needed; copyright status and any property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1963 Greece 8mm naval ship, hull number 144 at sea, sailors on deck, vintage maritime home movie, or Cold War-era naval footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Greece 1963 maritime footage, then broader 1960s naval, harbor, sea travel, or military transport scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Greece 8mm frame showing a gray naval ship at sea, its hull marked 144, with bow wake and deck structures visible. — Naval vessel marked 144 moves through blue water.

Gray naval vessel marked 144 passes close to the camera, with upper deck structures and open sea in the background. — Hull number 144 is visible on the ship's side.

1963 Greece 8mm view of the naval ship's deck area, with crew members, rigging, and ship equipment visible along the hull. — Crew and equipment are visible along the ship's deck.

Close 8mm frame of a naval ship deck in Greece, with crew gathered near rigging, a small boat, and upper ship structure. — Sailors stand near rigging and deck equipment on the vessel.

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