Milwaukee Wisconsin-1964: A Large Ship Sailing on the Ocean at Dusk

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Wisconsin

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A Large Ship Sailing on the Ocean at Dusk — Clip Details

MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN-1964: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a large ship sailing on the ocean at dusk. The grainy, purple-tinted footage shows the vessel moving across the water under a darkening sky, with utility poles and a shoreline visible in the foreground. The scene evokes a nostalgic, mid-century Americana feel, with the film's characteristic grain and color saturation enhancing its archival quality. This clip offers a rare glimpse of maritime activity from the 1960s, perfect for historical or nostalgic projects.

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: 125307248

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 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: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 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: 1960s 8mm maritime home-movie footage for editors needing a brief dusk harbor, shoreline, or ship cutaway with a Milwaukee-associated setting.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century harbor infrastructure, including utility poles, a low shoreline, and a distant large vessel seen through grainy 8mm color film.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a shore-side vantage point, recording the distant ship and water as an observational home-movie moment rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a distant ship, dark water, pale horizon, utility poles, shoreline edge, small foreground lights, and heavy film gate borders.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, purple-blue color shift, soft focus, visible frame edges, and slight exposure instability that mark it as scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: This shot can work as a short insert, transitional harbor beat, or atmospheric cutaway for a sequence about travel, shipping, Great Lakes waterfronts, or memory.
Historical context: The view suggests everyday shoreline observation of maritime activity, with the vessel kept distant and no identifiable people or businesses visible in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but users should separately assess copyright status and any location or property implications for their use.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1960s 8mm Milwaukee harbor footage, distant ship at dusk, Great Lakes shoreline home movie, or vintage waterfront cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Milwaukee or 1964 waterfront material, then broader 1960s maritime, harbor, and shoreline footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Milwaukee-associated 8mm frame showing a distant ship beyond a shoreline with utility poles and a darkening sky. — A distant vessel sits across the water beyond foreground utility poles and shoreline lights.

Milwaukee-associated 1964 home-movie frame with a distant ship on the horizon and poles along the waterfront foreground. — The vessel remains low on the horizon as foreground poles and shoreline features cross the frame.

1964 Milwaukee-associated 8mm frame showing a distant ship across the water with foreground poles and visible film texture. — Grain and color shift emphasize the home-movie view of a ship across the waterfront.

Milwaukee-associated 1964 shoreline frame with a distant ship, utility poles, dark water, and pronounced 8mm frame edges. — The final frame holds the distant vessel between waterfront poles under a purple-blue dusk sky.

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