Jamestown Virginia-1962: Riding The Ferry In My Classic Car

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

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Riding The Ferry In My Classic Car — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a classic American road trip moment as a white 1950s sedan drives onto a ferry at a wooden dock. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke a nostalgic 1960s Americana feel. The camera, positioned inside the car, follows the vehicle's approach to the ferry ramp, with the large white ferry and calm water visible in the background. This authentic archival footage offers a glimpse into mid-century transportation and leisure travel.

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: 125292962

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: This clip helps answer requests for early-1960s American travel footage, especially documentary or educational sequences about car ferry crossings, road trips, and Virginia waterfront transportation.
Period detail: The white mid-century sedan, open ferry ramp, simple dock railings, and faded 8mm color may show the everyday look of leisure travel and public ferry access in the early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint from inside or just behind a car gives the scene an unstaged traveler perspective as vehicles wait and move toward the ferry.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white 1950s sedan, a ferry landing ramp, dock railings, calm water, a large white ferry structure, road markings, signage, and small distant people on the pier.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, mild fading, gate-edge darkness, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, travel transition, ferry-boarding cutaway, or memory beat within a mid-century road trip sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually situates automobile travel at a waterfront ferry landing in Jamestown, Virginia, without establishing broader operational history beyond the visible crossing scene.
Research note: People appear only small or indistinct, but likeness review may still be needed, and copyright clearance should be handled separately from any location, signage, or vehicle-identification concerns.
Research search match: Useful researcher searches might include 1962 8mm Jamestown Virginia ferry, vintage car boarding ferry, home movie ferry dock, and mid-century American road trip footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1962 Jamestown or Virginia travel material, and then with broader ferry, road trip, and mid-century transportation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A white 1950s sedan approaches or waits near the ferry ramp at a Jamestown, Virginia waterfront dock in 1962 home-movie footage. — Car waiting beside the ferry ramp.

From a vehicle viewpoint, a white sedan, ferry loading structure, dock railings, and water are visible at the Jamestown ferry landing. — Vehicle view toward the ferry landing.

The home-movie frame shows a white mid-century sedan aligned near a ferry ramp, with dock railings, water, and small distant figures in the background. — Sedan lined up at the ferry dock.

A ferry ramp, dock railings, a white sedan, signage, water, and distant people appear in this 1962 Jamestown, Virginia travel frame. — Ferry landing with car and ramp.

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