Kentucky USA-1963: Italian Ocean Liner Italia

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationKentucky, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 Kentucky

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Italian Ocean Liner Italia — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1963 captures the majestic white Italian ocean liner Italia sailing on a bright, sunny day. The clip shows the ship's impressive side profile, with its multiple decks, rows of portholes, and prominent smokestacks visible against a clear blue sky. The name 'ITALIA' is clearly lettered on the hull, and the vessel's large anchor is seen at the stern. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays characteristic grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a strong sense of mid-century travel nostalgia and maritime history.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125293306

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1963 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Kentucky, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or editorial requests needing home-movie views of a white Italian ocean liner at close range.
Period detail: The liner’s white hull, porthole rows, deck structures, and visible ITALIA lettering support a mid-century maritime travel reading.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, lingering on the ship’s side and anchor rather than staging a formal maritime portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible details include the white hull, rows of portholes, upper decks, lifeboats, rigging, blue sky, ITALIA lettering, and a large anchor.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, high sun exposure, slight color shift, and handheld framing typical of amateur travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition into mid-century ocean liner material.
Historical context: The footage visually places ocean liner travel within a bright, leisurely home-movie record without confirming a specific voyage or port.
Research note: The ship name is visible and should be reviewed for trademark or vessel-identification concerns, separate from copyright in the film scan.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960s 8mm Italian ocean liner footage, white ship home movie, ITALIA hull lettering, and vintage maritime travel cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then with same 1963 Kentucky metadata, and then with broader ocean liner or mid-century travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 8mm home-movie frame showing a close side view of a white Italian liner with decks, portholes, and lifeboat details. — Close side view of the white liner’s hull and upper decks.

1963 home-movie frame of a white ocean liner’s side, showing portholes, deck railings, rigging, and sunlit superstructure. — The camera holds on the liner’s side and deck structures.

1963 8mm frame showing the white hull of the liner with ITALIA lettering, porthole rows, and upper deck railings. — ITALIA lettering appears on the liner’s white hull.

1963 home-movie frame showing the liner’s bow area, ITALIA lettering on the hull, and a large dark anchor against blue sky. — The frame settles on the ship name and large anchor near the bow.

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