Michigan USA-1960: Woman Filming Red And Black Cargo Ship At Shipyard

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

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Woman Filming Red And Black Cargo Ship At Shipyard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a light-colored hoodie and hat filming a large red and black cargo ship docked at a Michigan port. The industrial shipyard features cranes and smokestacks under an overcast sky, with a small white boat visible nearby. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and a handheld perspective, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century maritime activity and industrial Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125497078

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 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 Michigan maritime, port, and industrial transportation edits needing authentic home-movie footage of a cargo ship and visitor filming activity.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century Great Lakes port infrastructure, with a large cargo vessel, cranes, smokestacks, and muted 8mm color under an overcast sky.
Home-movie behavior: A woman seen from behind appears to film the ship herself, giving the scene an unstaged visitor perspective rather than an official industrial record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red and black cargo ship, calm harbor water, shipyard structures, cranes, smokestacks, a small white boat, and one person holding a camera.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, faded color, gate edges, dust specks, and slight handheld instability that support its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, establishing insert, or memory beat for Great Lakes shipping, industrial travel, or amateur filmmaking sequences.
Historical context: The scene places a civilian observer beside maritime industry, visually linking home-movie tourism with working port activity in Michigan around 1960.
Research note: People are visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright and location permissions are separate clearance questions.
Research search match: Search matches include 1960 Michigan 8mm cargo ship, vintage home movie shipyard, woman filming freighter, Great Lakes port footage, and industrial harbor cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1960 Michigan port or shipyard clips, then broader vintage maritime, cargo ship, and industrial Americana footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1960 Michigan home-movie footage, a woman seen from behind films a dark shipyard scene across harbor water. — Woman filming across the harbor toward industrial shipyard structures.

A red and black cargo ship sits or moves slowly in a Michigan harbor in 1960 home-movie footage. — Cargo ship framed broadside on calm harbor water.

The cargo vessel fills the frame in a 1960 Michigan harbor view, with deck equipment silhouetted against cloudy sky. — Broadside view of a large cargo ship in the harbor.

A red and black cargo ship remains in view on Michigan harbor water, captured with faded 8mm color and visible film grain. — Red and black cargo ship seen from shore across the water.

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