Jamestown Virginia-1962: Cars Boarding Ferry At Wooden Pier

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

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Cars Boarding Ferry At Wooden Pier — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures classic American cars boarding a ferry in Jamestown, Virginia. The footage shows a white 1950s sedan and other vehicles driving onto the ferry ramp, with a prominent sign warning drivers to enter slowly and prevent undercarriage damage. The scene unfolds at a wooden pier under an overcast sky, showcasing the era's transportation and the ferry's industrial structure. The grainy, slightly faded color and natural camera movement evoke a nostalgic, authentic slice of mid-century Americana.

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: 125292966

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing early 1960s Virginia travel infrastructure, ferry boarding, and mid-century automobile cutaways for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: Visible clues include 1950s-era cars, a wooden ferry approach, painted warning signage, and utilitarian pier machinery consistent with the supplied 1962 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor or passenger position, capturing ordinary cars entering the ferry area without staging or formal composition.
What appears in frame: The clip shows a white sedan, other vehicles, a wooden ramp, ferry-side railings, a small control booth, warning signs, and metal pier equipment.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, faded color, visible grain, mild gate shadow, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of scanned physical film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief insert, travel transition, transport cutaway, or memory beat linking roads, rivers, and everyday tourism.
Historical context: The scene documents routine vehicle ferry use at Jamestown, Virginia, showing how motorists approached a river crossing before modern bridge-centered travel dominated many routes.
Research note: People are flagged as visible, so likeness review may be needed, and the ferry signage and setting should be checked separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Jamestown Virginia ferry, 8mm cars boarding ferry, mid-century American travel footage, and vintage automobile river crossing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel footage, then with other 1962 Jamestown or Virginia scenes, then with broader ferry, road trip, and classic car material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A 1962 Jamestown, Virginia ferry approach shows a white mid-century sedan near a wooden ramp, warning sign, and metal loading structure. — White sedan waits near the ferry ramp and warning sign at the wooden pier.

The ferry loading area in Jamestown, Virginia appears with a large warning sign, wooden approach railings, and metal machinery above the ramp. — Warning sign and ramp structure mark the ferry boarding point.

A white mid-century sedan moves through the Jamestown ferry entrance, framed by a booth, ladders, railings, and industrial loading equipment. — Car enters the ferry loading area beneath the control booth and metal framework.

Cars queue at the Jamestown, Virginia ferry ramp, with the white sedan in front, another vehicle behind it, and the control booth overhead. — Vehicles line up at the ferry ramp under the booth and loading structure.

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