Kentucky USA-1963: Italian Liner Italia at Sea, 1963

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

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Italian Liner Italia at Sea, 1963 — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures the Italian ocean liner Italia sailing on calm blue waters under a partly cloudy sky. The footage opens with a close-up of the ship's bow, clearly showing the name 'ITALIA' and a large anchor, then pans to reveal the full profile of the massive white cruise liner with its distinctive twin funnels. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic mid-century travel memory. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about 1960s ocean travel.

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: 125293309

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

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 archival requests needing home-movie views of an Italian ocean liner at sea for documentary, education, or editorial travel sequences.
Period detail: The white liner, twin funnels, painted name ITALIA, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century passenger ship travel as filmed from another vessel or shoreline vantage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, moving from a close bow detail to wider profile views as the camera tracks the ship across open water.
What appears in frame: Visible details include the ITALIA name on the bow, a large anchor, white hull, railings, twin funnels, blue ocean, partly cloudy sky, and small distant figures on deck.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture with soft focus, blue color shift, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld motion that support its home-movie provenance.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, maritime cutaway, or memory beat within a sequence about ocean voyages.
Historical context: The frames document leisure or passenger travel culture through the visible presence of a large Italian liner on open water, without confirming route or port.
Research note: The ship name and possible deck figures warrant review for trademark, copyright, and likeness considerations, though no clearance guarantee is implied.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1963 8mm ocean liner footage, Italian ship at sea, vintage cruise travel, home movie passenger liner, and mid-century maritime cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel travel footage, then 1963 Kentucky-labeled material if context supports it, then broader 1960s ocean travel or cruise ship scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 8mm frame showing the bow of the Italian liner Italia, with the ship name and anchor visible above dark blue ocean water. — Close bow detail of the Italia with its painted name and anchor visible.

The Italia's bow fills the frame, showing the painted name, anchor, portholes, and railings in soft 8mm color. — Bow of the Italia seen close up against open water.

The liner appears in profile as the camera pulls back to show more of the ship.

The Italia is seen broadside in a soft 8mm frame, with its white hull, twin funnels, and upper decks visible at sea. — Broadside view of the ocean liner moving across calm blue water.

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