Michigan USA-1960: Black Ford Ship And Red Freighter Docked At Canal Lock

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

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Black Ford Ship And Red Freighter Docked At Canal Lock — Clip Details

MICHIGAN USA-1960: Vintage 8mm film captures a large black Ford steamship docked at a canal lock, with a red freighter visible in the distance. The footage shows a calm waterway scene with industrial structures, a flagpole, and a distant city skyline under an overcast sky. Shot on 8mm film, the clip features natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1960s home movie quality, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century Great Lakes shipping and infrastructure.

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: 125497010

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 documentary or educational edits needing Great Lakes industrial waterway footage with ships at a Michigan canal lock.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century color 8mm views of freighters, canal infrastructure, flagpoles and a distant waterfront skyline in Michigan.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint from above the waterway, observing docked ships and the canal scene without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black Ford-marked ship, a red freighter, canal water, grassy banks, light poles, industrial buildings and a distant skyline.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading and slight exposure variation consistent with home-movie film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short cutaway, establishing insert or transition for Great Lakes shipping, locks or mid-century industrial travel.
Historical context: The scene places large commercial vessels within a calm canal setting, showing waterfront infrastructure and urban industry from a home-movie perspective.
Research note: Visible Ford and vessel markings require brand and ship-identification review; copyright, trademark and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1960s Michigan 8mm freighter footage, Great Lakes canal lock home movie, Ford ship docked, or vintage industrial waterway may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1960 Michigan waterfront clips, then broader Great Lakes shipping and canal infrastructure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Michigan 8mm frame showing a black Ford-marked ship docked beside a canal lock, with grassy banks and waterfront structures. — A black Ford-marked ship sits docked beside the canal lock area.

1960 Michigan 8mm frame with a red freighter beyond canal water, industrial waterfront buildings and a hazy skyline. — A red freighter is visible across the canal with the waterfront beyond.

1960 Michigan 8mm frame showing a red freighter along the canal, with water, shoreline poles and distant industrial buildings. — The canal view holds on the red freighter and distant waterfront.

1960 Michigan 8mm frame of a red freighter across the canal with shoreline infrastructure and a distant industrial skyline. — A red freighter remains docked or moving slowly across the canal scene.

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