Jamestown Virginia-1962: Ferry at Pier with Cars and Passengers Boarding

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationJamestown, Virginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Ferry at Pier with Cars and Passengers Boarding — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a ferry at a wooden pier in Jamestown, Virginia. The white passenger vessel, with its open ramp and arched windows, is docked alongside a weathered wooden fence. Classic American cars from the early 1960s are parked on the pier, waiting to board. A man in a blue shirt and shorts stands with hands on hips, observing the scene. The footage shows the ferry's loading process under a bright sky, with the calm ocean stretching into the distance. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film edge borders evoke a strong sense of mid-century Americana and nostalgia.

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: 125292942

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 2540 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: washington dc, jamestown
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: Jamestown, Virginia, United States 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: Supports requests for early 1960s American ferry travel, waterfront transportation, and documentary inserts showing mid-century cars waiting at a pier.
Period detail: The ferry design, open loading ramp, pier railings, and visible early 1960s automobiles help place the scene within the stated 1962 Jamestown, Virginia home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from a visitor position on the pier as passengers and cars wait near the ferry, giving the clip an unstaged travel-record quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white ferry, wooden pier, ramp structure, railings, parked cars, open water, a standing man, and passengers near the loading area.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, mild color fading, grain, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of a family travel film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a transportation cutaway, travel transition, period-establishing insert, or quiet memory beat in a mid-century Virginia sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows ferry boarding as everyday regional travel, with cars and pedestrians sharing the pier under bright waterfront conditions.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no readable brands or logos are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1962 Jamestown ferry footage, 8mm Virginia pier, vintage ferry loading cars, and early 1960s American travel home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other Jamestown or Virginia 1962 scenes, and finally broader ferry, pier, classic car, and family travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Jamestown, Virginia ferry at a pier, with arched windows, a loading ramp, railings, and open water partly visible. — Ferry docked at the pier with the loading area in view.

White passenger ferry at the Jamestown pier in 1962, viewed across the walkway with ramp equipment and railings in the foreground. — Pier walkway leading toward the ferry loading ramp.

Jamestown ferry scene from 1962 showing the vessel docked beside weathered pier fencing and a ramp structure. — Docked ferry and pier fencing during boarding activity.

A man in shorts stands with hands on hips on the Jamestown pier, with parked cars, passengers, water, and a ferry ahead. — Man watching the ferry boarding area beside parked cars.

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