Michigan USA-1960: Passenger Ship Docked at Waterfront

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Michigan

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Passenger Ship Docked at Waterfront — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a serene waterfront scene in Michigan. A large passenger ship with 'FORD' emblazoned on its smokestack is docked at a stone pier, surrounded by bare trees and a grassy foreground. An American flag flies on a tall pole near a small guardhouse, with a yellow construction vehicle visible on the left. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American memory.

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: 125497005

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: 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 2039 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: d danielar
Reel-level year note: 1960
Reel-level location note: detroit michigan
Date: 1960 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: Michigan, 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 1960s Michigan waterfront requests needing an archival home-movie view of a docked passenger ship, flagpole, pier, and quiet civic shoreline setting.
Period detail: The frame may show mid-century Great Lakes waterfront infrastructure, with a large ship marked FORD, a small waterfront building, simple lamp posts, and a yellow construction vehicle.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from a fixed vantage point across grass and road, observing the ship and pier without staged action or close human activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a docked ship, FORD-marked smokestack, American flag, stone pier, bare trees, lamp posts, small waterfront structure, and yellow construction vehicle.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, gate borders, slight frame weave, and mild exposure variation that preserve the physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief waterfront insert, regional establishing cutaway, industrial-era memory beat, or transition between travel and maritime material.
Historical context: The scene places a named ship within a quiet Michigan waterfront landscape, suggesting public shoreline observation and mid-century transportation or excursion activity without proving event context.
Research note: The visible FORD marking is a brand or vessel identifier requiring review; no people are discernible, but copyright, trademark, and location context should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 8mm Michigan waterfront, Great Lakes passenger ship at dock, Ford-marked smokestack, American flag by pier, and vintage home movie harbor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel waterfront shots, then Michigan 1960 shoreline material, then broader Great Lakes ships, docks, flags, and mid-century travel cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Michigan home-movie frame showing a docked ship with a FORD-marked smokestack near a pier, flagpole, bare trees, and grassy foreground. — A docked ship with a FORD-marked smokestack sits beyond a waterfront pier and American flag.

1960 Michigan waterfront frame with the FORD-marked ship partly visible behind a pier, American flag, lamp posts, bare trees, and small structure. — The ship remains docked behind the pier as the American flag flies near the waterfront structure.

1960 Michigan home-movie frame showing the docked FORD-marked ship, flagpole, stone pier, bare tree, waterfront building, and road edge. — A wider moment shows the ship alongside the pier with the flagpole and small waterfront building in front.

1960 Michigan frame with the ship more centered behind the waterfront building, stone pier, flagpole, bare trees, and muted shoreline beyond. — The FORD-marked ship fills more of the frame behind the low waterfront building and pier.

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