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Michigan USA-1960: Looking At Large Ship And Boat Outside On Nice Day

  • Year1960
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationMichigan, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1960 Michigan
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Looking At Large Ship And Boat Outside On Nice Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a large white passenger ship docked at a port in Michigan. The view is framed through a chain-link fence, with the ship's distinctive superstructure, railings, and a red-and-white flag visible against a bright sky. The footage shows slight camera movement, revealing different angles of the vessel and its surroundings, including a tall mast and industrial structures. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a nostalgic, mid-century Americana feel, perfect for historical or editorial 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
125497021

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

  • ships
  • large
  • driving
  • fence
  • day
  • ship
  • boat
  • transportation
  • michigan USA
  • 1960
  • 1960s ship footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • large passenger ship
  • chain-link fence view
  • Super 8 home movie
  • mid-century maritime
  • archival ship footage
  • 1960s transportation
  • old film footage
  • retro ship
  • docked vessel
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage maritime
  • historical footage
  • classic film
  • 1960s nostalgia
  • documentary clip
  • archival footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Supports 1960s Great Lakes or Michigan transportation research needing brief home-movie views of a docked passenger vessel from a public-facing port edge.

Still Frames From This Clip

Large white passenger ship seen through a chain-link fence at a dock.

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