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Michigan USA-1960: Car Drives To Ferry Entrance Gates With Castle Rock Chalkboard Sign

  • Year1960
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationMichigan, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1960 Michigan
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Car Drives To Ferry Entrance Gates With Castle Rock... — Clip Details

MICHIGAN USA-1960: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a classic American road trip scene. A car drives toward a ferry terminal entrance with distinctive toll gates, while a chalkboard sign reading "CASTLE ROCK" is propped on the ground nearby. The footage shows a large truck at the toll booth and a white sedan passing by, all under an overcast sky with a body of water in the background. Shot on 8mm film, this archival clip features natural film grain, soft color tones, and a nostalgic mid-century Americana feel, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
125496971

Rights & Clearance

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 2039 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label
d danielar
Reel-level year note
1960
Reel-level location note
detroit michigan
Date
1960 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Michigan, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • car
  • ferry
  • entrance
  • chalkboard
  • castle
  • rock
  • drives
  • gates
  • written
  • chalk
  • bird
  • signs
  • symbols
  • michigan USA
  • 1960
  • 1960s road trip footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Michigan USA ferry
  • Castle Rock sign
  • vintage home movie
  • 1960s car travel
  • archival 8mm footage
  • retro Americana
  • toll booth scene
  • classic American road trip
  • vintage film grain
  • 1960s documentary footage
  • old car driving
  • ferry entrance
  • 8mm home movie
  • nostalgic travel clip
  • vintage transportation
  • historic 1960s footage
  • American nostalgia
  • vintage film footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s American travel, ferry-terminal, road-trip, and roadside-attraction sequences needing brief home-movie evidence from Michigan.

Still Frames From This Clip

Car approaches ferry entrance gates with a truck at the booths and water in the background.

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