Michigan USA-1960: Ferry Docking at Industrial Harbor

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

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Ferry Docking at Industrial Harbor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a ferry at a Michigan dock. The clip opens with a view from the dock, showing train tracks leading toward a raised drawbridge with industrial buildings in the background. The scene transitions to a large ferry approaching and docking, its dark hull and smokestack visible against the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and a nostalgic, documentary feel, offering authentic archival material for historical or editorial projects.

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: 125497341

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: 1960s Michigan harbor footage suited to documentary or educational edits needing ferry docking, dockside rail tracks, and industrial waterfront atmosphere.
Period detail: The raised bridge structure, dock rails, ferry profile, and industrial waterfront may show mid-20th-century Great Lakes transport infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot dockside viewpoint, observing the ferry approach and harbor setting without staged action or visible passengers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dock rails, a raised bridge, timber or concrete dock edges, industrial buildings, water, a ferry hull, smokestack, and harbor structures.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows blue-faded color, visible grain, soft focus, slight handheld framing, and contact-print exposure shifts that support its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, waterfront transition, transportation cutaway, or memory beat for Great Lakes travel.
Historical context: The footage places ferry movement within an industrial harbor setting where rail tracks, dock works, and water transport share the same frame.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible in the supplied frames, but location, vessel identity, copyright, and property issues should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960 8mm Michigan ferry dock, vintage industrial harbor, Great Lakes ferry docking, and home movie waterfront transport may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Michigan or 1960 dock footage, then broader ferry, harbor, ship, and industrial transport scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Michigan dock view with rail tracks, raised bridge structure, water edge, and industrial buildings in the background. — Dock rails lead toward a raised bridge at an industrial harbor.

Dockside view in Michigan showing rails across the pier, a raised bridge, industrial structures, and harbor water. — A dockside rail approach runs toward the raised bridge and water.

1960 Michigan harbor frame with dock rails, bridge machinery, water channel, and industrial waterfront structures. — Rail tracks and bridge framing define the industrial waterfront view.

1960 Michigan harbor view of a dark-hulled ferry near the pier, with dock rails, water, smokestack, and shoreline structures visible. — A ferry nears the dock at the industrial harbor.

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