Michigan USA-1960: Ferry At Wooden Pier With Train Tracks 1961

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

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Ferry At Wooden Pier With Train Tracks 1961 — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a large ferry docked at a wooden pier in Michigan. The view is framed by a dark structure, with train tracks leading toward the water. The ferry, a classic Great Lakes vessel, emits smoke from its stack under an overcast sky. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, authentic 1960s home movie aesthetic. A title card identifies the location as Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in September 1961, suggesting a regional journey. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse into mid-century transportation and daily life along the Great Lakes.

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: 125497338

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.

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 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 Great Lakes transportation requests needing home-movie footage of a ferry or lake vessel at a working pier.
Period detail: The title card reads Manitowoc, Wis., September 1961, while the supplied location metadata lists Michigan, so the clip should be treated as a regional Great Lakes travel record.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a pier or dock approach, giving an unstaged visitor view of a ferry across the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a handwritten title card, a large ferry, smoke from a stack, wooden pier decking, rail tracks, water, posts, and dark framing from a dock structure.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft grain, uneven exposure, color fading, gate edges, and slight handheld framing typical of mid-century home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short transportation cutaway, travel transition, harbor insert, or memory beat in a Great Lakes sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents ferry and rail-adjacent waterfront infrastructure as seen by a home-movie traveler, without confirming the vessel name or route.
Research note: No people are visible, but vessel identity, pier ownership, location conflict, and copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Search matches include 8mm Great Lakes ferry footage, 1960s home movie ferry at pier, Manitowoc Wisconsin title card, and vintage lake vessel dock scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other Manitowoc or Michigan Great Lakes material from 1960-1961, then with ferry, harbor, rail, and waterfront travel clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Home-movie title card marked Manitowoc, Wisconsin, September 1961, with a small printed or pasted ferry view. — Title card identifies Manitowoc, Wisconsin, September 1961.

Large Great Lakes ferry or lake vessel seen across water from a wooden pier, with rails leading toward the dock edge. — Ferry viewed from a pier framed by dark dock structure.

Ferry or lake vessel with smoke rising from its stack, seen beyond wooden planks and rail tracks on the pier. — Pier tracks lead toward a smoking ferry across the water.

Large ferry along a waterfront, framed by dark pier supports with wooden decking and rails in the foreground. — Ferry passes or sits beyond the pier framing.

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