Michigan USA-1960: Large Tanker Crystal Cube Docked Behind Fence

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

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Large Tanker Crystal Cube Docked Behind Fence — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures the large tanker Crystal Cube docked behind a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. The black-hulled vessel, with its name clearly visible in gold lettering, sits at a port in Michigan. The footage, viewed through the fence, shows the ship's deck and rigging under an overcast sky, with a grainy, nostalgic quality characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The camera remains steady, offering a quiet, observational glimpse of mid-century industrial maritime life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 125497012

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 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 editorial projects needing a brief industrial maritime cutaway of a tanker docked in Michigan, seen from a public-facing fence line.
Period detail: The black hull lettering, chain-link fence with barbed wire, deck fittings, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century port setting without identifying the specific dock.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a passerby or traveler filming a docked vessel from outside a secured port area rather than a staged maritime scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the tanker name Crystal Cube, dark hull, chain-link fence, barbed wire, deck equipment, rigging, mast structures, and an overcast sky.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame edges that give useful physical-film texture for archival editing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short industrial insert, maritime transition, location-establishing cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a Great Lakes or port sequence.
Historical context: The view suggests everyday mid-century industrial waterfront activity, with the fence emphasizing restricted dock access and the ship observed from outside.
Research note: The vessel name is visible and people are flagged in the clip metadata, so copyright, trademark, likeness, and location context should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Good match for searches such as 1960 8mm Michigan tanker, vintage home movie docked ship, Crystal Cube vessel, and industrial port fence footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Michigan or 1960 port material, and then broader tanker, shipping, or industrial waterfront scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Michigan 8mm frame showing the dark-hulled tanker Crystal Cube docked behind a chain-link fence with barbed wire. — The Crystal Cube tanker is seen through a secured port fence.

The tanker Crystal Cube remains docked behind fencing, with deck fittings and barbed wire visible above the hull. — A closer fenced view centers the tanker name on the hull.

A shifted 1960 Michigan view shows the Crystal Cube hull partly cropped behind the fence, with mast and rigging above the deck. — The camera angle shifts along the fenced dockside view of the tanker.

The final frame shows the Crystal Cube partly cut off at the right, with fence mesh, barbed wire, rigging, and dock structures in view. — The tanker passes out of the frame edge behind the port fence.

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