Cape Cod Massachusetts-1956: Ferry Captain At Helm With Passengers On Deck

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationCape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Cape Cod Massachusetts

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Ferry Captain At Helm With Passengers On Deck — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this vintage home movie captures a scenic Cape Cod maritime journey. The footage opens with a hand-drawn title card reading 'CAPE COD' on green paper, then transitions to a close-up of the Hammonasset ferry's pilothouse, where a captain in a white uniform steers. Passengers are visible on deck, including a young couple in summer attire gazing at the ocean, with a sailboat in the distance. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural camera movement, evoking a nostalgic 1950s vacation atmosphere.

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: 125303986

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 1039 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: jones beach,hyde park,cape cod
Reel-level year note: 1956
Reel-level location note: hyde park, cape cod
Date: 1956 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: Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 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: Useful for 1950s New England travel, ferry, and Cape Cod vacation edits needing brief home-movie maritime atmosphere.
Period detail: The hand-lettered Cape Cod card, ferry pilothouse, white-uniformed captain, and summer deck passengers support a mid-1950s leisure-travel reading.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the ferry name area and pilothouse rather than staging the captain or passengers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Cape Cod title card, ferry pilothouse windows, a uniformed captain, deck passengers, railing, mast rigging, and ferry signage.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight color fading, and handheld framing typical of preserved home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short title-card opener, maritime travel insert, ferry cutaway, or memory beat in a Cape Cod sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows recreational ferry travel around Cape Cod, with passengers and crew visible in a compact vacation-film record.
Research note: Faces and ferry signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location identification should be reviewed separately from film copyright status.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1950s Cape Cod 8mm ferry footage, Hammonasset ferry pilothouse, vacation home movie, or New England maritime travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1956 Cape Cod material, then broader 1950s ferry, seaside vacation, and maritime transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 home-movie title card reading Cape Cod, handwritten on green paper before the ferry footage begins. — Handwritten Cape Cod title card introduces the home-movie sequence.

Cape Cod ferry pilothouse with partial Hammonasset lettering visible below the windows in 1956 8mm footage. — The ferry pilothouse and partial name signage come into view.

Uniformed captain appears inside the Cape Cod ferry pilothouse, with partial Hammonasset signage and rigging in the foreground. — A uniformed captain is seen through the ferry pilothouse window.

Cape Cod ferry pilothouse with the captain and nearby passengers visible behind windows and beside partial Hammonasset signage. — Passengers and the captain are visible around the ferry pilothouse.

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