Jamestown Virginia-1962: Cars Driving Off Of Ferry

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

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Cars Driving Off Of Ferry — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures cars driving off a ferry at the Jamestown Ferry terminal in Virginia. The footage shows a white ferry docked at a wooden pier, with classic American automobiles from the early 1960s exiting onto the ramp. A green vehicle is visible in the foreground, and the iconic 'Jamestown Ferry' sign with a clock is clearly displayed. The scene has a nostalgic, grainy quality typical of Super 8 home movies, with muted colors and natural lighting. The clip documents a moment of mid-century transportation and daily life.

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: 125292959

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

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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: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage for projects needing everyday transportation, ferry travel, or mid-century Virginia road-trip context.
Period detail: Visible clues include early-1960s automobiles, a ferry landing structure, a clock-topped Jamestown Ferry sign, and muted color 8mm rendering.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, watching cars roll off the ferry from near the terminal rather than staging the action.
What appears in frame: Frames show a white ferry, wooden pier fencing, striped ramp posts, a Jamestown Ferry sign with clock, water beyond the dock, and cars exiting.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight handheld framing, modest exposure variation, and muted color typical of home-movie reversal film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, travel transition, transportation cutaway, or brief memory beat for mid-century ferry movement.
Historical context: The scene documents routine automobile ferry disembarkation at Jamestown, linking leisure or local travel with public transport infrastructure.
Research note: People and signage are visible, so copyright, likeness, trademark, and location-identification questions should be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Jamestown Ferry 8mm footage, vintage Virginia ferry terminal, cars leaving ferry, and 1960s home movie travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel travel shots, then other Jamestown or Virginia 1962 footage, then broader ferry, highway, and mid-century automobile scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Jamestown, Virginia ferry terminal view with the Jamestown Ferry sign, clock, dock structure, water, and a green vehicle edge. — Jamestown Ferry sign and landing structure seen from near the terminal.

Jamestown Ferry terminal in Virginia with sign and clock above the dock, water behind the structure, and a vehicle framing the left edge. — Ferry landing sign and clock as the camera looks toward the dock.

1962 Jamestown Ferry scene showing a white ferry docked at the ramp as early-1960s cars drive off toward the camera. — Cars leave the ferry through the terminal ramp area.

Jamestown Ferry disembarkation view with a white car approaching the camera, striped ramp posts, pier fencing, and the ferry behind. — A white car moves away from the ferry landing ramp.

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