Michigan USA-1960: Man Posing at Tour Boat Dock

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

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Man Posing at Tour Boat Dock — Clip Details

MICHIGAN USA-1960: A man in a gray jacket and cap stands on a dock beside a large white tour boat, its side displaying a sign for a "Tour the 500 by Boat". Colorful pennant flags flutter above the vessel, which is docked on a calm river under a clear sky. The footage, shot on 8mm film, captures the nostalgic atmosphere of a mid-century American river tour, with the man posing for the camera before the boat departs. The final frame shows a distant view of the shoreline, suggesting the start of a scenic journey.

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: 125497044

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: 1960s Michigan home-movie footage suited to documentary or education requests for river tourism, dockside travel, and mid-century leisure scenes.
Period detail: The boat signage, pennant flags, clothing, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century river-tour setting, with Michigan and 1960 supplied by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: A man pauses and poses on the dock for the camera before the view shifts toward the water and shoreline, giving the clip a visitor-filmed travel perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a white tour boat, dock railings, a standing man in a gray jacket and cap, pennant flags, an American flag, boat signage, river water, and a distant shoreline.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a scanned family travel reel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a dockside insert, a transition into a boat trip, a regional travel cutaway, or a quiet memory beat in a mid-century leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows organized recreational boat travel on a Michigan river, with the posed subject and sightseeing vessel suggesting a family or visitor outing.
Research note: A visible adult face and boat signage may require likeness, trademark, and location review, separate from copyright status in the scanned home-movie footage.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960 Michigan tour boat dock, 8mm river sightseeing boat, man on dock home movie, and mid-century American boat tour match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Michigan 1960 travel footage, then broader 1960s river tourism, docks, boats, and family vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Michigan 8mm frame showing a white tour boat at a dock with pennant flags and a river behind it. — A white tour boat sits at the dock beneath a line of pennant flags.

1960 Michigan home-movie frame of a man in a gray jacket and cap standing near a docked white tour boat. — A man poses near the docked tour boat as pennant flags hang above the vessel.

1960 Michigan 8mm frame with a man on the dock in front of a white tour boat, railings, flags, and signage. — The camera frames the man at the dock with the tour boat filling the background.

1960 Michigan 8mm frame showing a distant shoreline, low structures, and calm river water from a boat or dockside viewpoint. — The view turns from the dock toward a distant shoreline across the water.

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