Michigan USA-1960: Ship Crystal Cube Seen Through Fence With Flying Flag

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

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Ship Crystal Cube Seen Through Fence With Flying Flag — Clip Details

MICHIGAN USA-1960: Vintage 8mm film footage captures a large ship, the Crystal Cube, viewed through a chain-link fence with barbed wire. The ship features a prominent mast, a white superstructure, and a green hull, with a yellow flag flying. The camera pans slightly, revealing more of the vessel's deck and structure. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a nostalgic, mid-century maritime scene, likely from a Great Lakes port.

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: 125497016

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 editorial sequences needing Great Lakes maritime, industrial port, or shipyard-adjacent home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The color 8mm look, chain-link security fence, mast rigging, and painted freighter details may show a mid-century Michigan port scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from behind a fence, giving the clip a visitor-shot perspective rather than a staged vessel portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a chain-link fence with barbed wire, a large ship hull, white cabin structure, mast rigging, deck rail, yellow flag, and dark frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, handheld framing, faded color, gate edges, and visible grain give the brief pan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime cutaway, industrial establishing insert, transition between port scenes, or memory beat for ship travel.
Historical context: The fenced viewpoint suggests restricted dockside access while the vessel and rigging place the scene in a working waterfront context.
Research note: Ship lettering or markings may require identification review; copyright, trademark, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 Michigan 8mm ship footage, Great Lakes freighter through fence, vintage port home movie, and dockside vessel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Michigan 1960 material, then broader Great Lakes ship, harbor, and industrial waterfront clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Michigan 8mm frame of a large vessel viewed through a chain-link fence, showing mast rigging, hull lettering, and dockside barriers. — A ship is seen through a fenced dockside foreground with rigging crossing the frame.

1960 Michigan 8mm frame showing the vessel behind a security fence, with its white superstructure, dark hull, and rigging partially obscured. — The camera holds on the vessel as the fence and barbed wire dominate the foreground.

1960 Michigan 8mm frame with the ship superstructure more centered, a small flag above it, and fence wire cutting across the dockside view. — The pan reveals more of the ship's white cabin and deck behind the fence.

1960 Michigan 8mm frame of the vessel's white cabin and mast rigging viewed from behind a dockside chain-link fence. — The vessel's cabin and rigging sit behind the foreground fence near the end of the shot.

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