Florida USA-1968: Ferry Trip With Classic Cars and Coastal Views

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Ferry Trip With Classic Cars and Coastal Views — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a ferry journey from Florida. The sequence begins with a view of the ship's deck, showing a sign reading 'TEXAS' and a row of classic American cars loaded for transport. The camera then pans to reveal the open sea, with the ferry moving across calm waters under a soft twilight sky. In the distance, a shoreline appears, suggesting arrival at a coastal destination. The footage features natural film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, personal perspective typical of mid-century family travel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125022932

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1968 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: Florida, United States 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Florida home-movie ferry footage suited for documentary inserts about coastal travel, vehicle transport, vacation movement, or mid-century American road trips.
Period detail: The loaded older cars and 8mm color stock support a late-1960s setting, while the ferry deck and coastal water views place the trip in a marine travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged traveler viewpoint, shifting from parked cars on the ferry to open water and shoreline as a family trip unfolds in brief glimpses.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ferry structure, classic cars, open sea, low horizon, distant shoreline, pier-like forms, twilight sky, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, slight softness, blue twilight cast, gate edges, dust specks, and handheld exposure shifts that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel transition, ferry cutaway, coastal arrival beat, or memory insert linking road travel with water passage.
Historical context: The scene reflects personal leisure travel and vehicle ferry movement in the 1960s without identifying a specific route, terminal, or destination from the visible frames alone.
Research note: No people are visible, but visible signage or vehicle details may require review; copyright, trademarks, and property or location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1968 Florida ferry home movie, 8mm coastal travel footage, classic cars on ferry, and 1960s shoreline arrival.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots from the same trip, then other Florida 1968 coastal travel clips, then broader ferry, classic car, and vacation transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Florida ferry deck view with classic cars lined along the side of the vessel in soft 8mm color. — Classic cars sit on the ferry deck beneath the ship structure.

Open coastal water seen from a ferry in Florida, with a faint distant shoreline under a pale twilight sky. — The ferry looks out across open water toward a distant low shoreline.

A handheld 8mm view from the ferry shows calm water and a distant linear pier or shoreline form. — A low pier-like line or shoreline appears across the water.

The ferry approaches or passes a low Florida shoreline, seen as dark shapes across blue twilight water. — A dark low shoreline comes into view beyond the ferry's wake-like water surface.

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