Jamestown Virginia-1962: Vehicles Entering And Exiting A Ferryboat To Cross The Water

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

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Vehicles Entering And Exiting A Ferryboat To Cross The Water — Clip Details

A man in a blue shirt and shorts stands on a wooden pier in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1962, watching classic American cars line up to board a ferry. The vintage 8mm film captures the scene with authentic color and grain, showing vehicles entering the ferry as it prepares to cross the water. The clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century transportation and leisure, with a calm waterfront setting and a classic ferryboat in the background.

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: 125292951

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: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing everyday Virginia ferry transportation, waterfront travel, and mid-century automobile boarding scenes.
Period detail: The visible cars, casual clothing, ferry structure, and 8mm color stock support an early-1960s roadside travel setting consistent with the Jamestown, Virginia metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, with a man watching from the pier as cars queue and move around the ferry landing without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden pier, ferryboat, waterfront, railings, lamp posts, classic cars, a casually dressed man, and distant shoreline.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm focus, modest grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, travel transition, ferry-landing cutaway, or quiet memory beat for mid-century mobility and leisure.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary ferry use at a waterfront landing, showing people and automobiles sharing a transport space before the crossing.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are legible, and copyright clearance is separate from depiction rights.
Research search match: Searches for 1962 Jamestown Virginia ferry, 1960s 8mm ferry landing, vintage cars boarding ferry, and home movie waterfront transportation may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Jamestown or Virginia 1962 waterfront clips, then broader ferry, road-trip, and mid-century transportation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

At a Jamestown, Virginia ferry landing in 1962, a man stands on the wooden pier as mid-century cars wait near the ferry. — A man watches vehicles queued on the pier beside the ferry landing.

The Jamestown ferry landing appears from a visitor viewpoint, with a man on the pier and cars lined up beside the water. — Cars wait along the pier as a man looks toward the ferryboat.

A car moves at the ferry landing while the ferry structure, pier railing, and water are visible in 1962 Jamestown footage. — A car passes near the ferry ramp at the waterfront landing.

A soft 8mm view at the Jamestown ferry landing shows water, pier railings, shoreline, and part of the ferryboat. — The camera drifts toward the water and ferry structure at the pier.

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