Cape Cod Massachusetts-1956: Large Cargo Ship Rita Mærsk Navigates Waterway

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

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Large Cargo Ship Rita Mærsk Navigates Waterway — Clip Details

CAPE COD MASSACHUSETTS-1956: A large cargo ship named Rita Mærsk navigates a narrow waterway, its white hull and cranes visible against a backdrop of lush green hills. The 8mm home movie footage captures the vessel moving steadily through the channel on a bright, sunny day. In the final frame, a man and woman in period summer attire stand on the shore, watching the ship pass, adding a personal, nostalgic perspective to this archival maritime scene.

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: 125304222

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: 1950s Cape Cod home-movie footage for productions needing maritime transport, canal traffic, or commercial ship passage in a New England waterway.
Period detail: The clip shows a mid-century cargo vessel with deck cranes, a white hull, and the visible Rita Mærsk name, with 1956 Cape Cod context supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot shore perspective, following the ship as it passes rather than presenting a staged industrial view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the cargo ship, hull lettering, deck cranes, blue funnel, flags, green shoreline, channel water, and bright daylight.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, mild gate edges, visible grain, and handheld framing that support its home-movie archival character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, travel transition, canal cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1950s New England sequence.
Historical context: The scene places a named commercial vessel in a narrow landscaped waterway, showing recreational or visitor observation of working maritime traffic.
Research note: Review is advised for the visible vessel name and Maersk branding, and for any people in the full clip; copyright, trademark, and likeness issues are separate.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s Cape Cod cargo ship, Rita Maersk home movie, 8mm canal ship footage, and New England maritime waterway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Cape Cod 1956 footage, then broader 1950s maritime, canal, harbor, or commercial shipping scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Cape Cod home-movie frame showing the Rita Mærsk cargo ship moving through a waterway beside wooded shore. — Rita Mærsk passes the camera with hull lettering visible along the side.

The Rita Mærsk cargo ship appears in side view, with deck cranes, funnel, flags, water, and wooded Cape Cod shoreline visible. — The ship continues past a wooded bank, its cranes and funnel silhouetted against the sky.

A home-movie frame shows the forward section of the cargo ship entering view, with cranes, water wake, and green bank behind it. — The ship's bow and deck equipment pass through the frame near the shoreline.

The Rita Mærsk is partially framed by dark 8mm gate edges as it moves along the Cape Cod waterway in bright sun. — Dark frame edges and soft focus emphasize the home-movie view of the passing ship.

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