Michigan USA-1960: Classic Car On Ferry Deck, Ship Wake In Sea

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

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Classic Car On Ferry Deck, Ship Wake In Sea — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Michigan USA in 1960 captures a classic white car driving on a wooden ferry deck, its tail fins and chrome details visible as it moves along tracks. The scene transitions to the ship's wake churning through the blue sea, viewed from the deck with railings in the foreground. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight motion blur, and the warm color palette of 1960s Super 8 film, evoking a sense of mid-century travel and nostalgia.

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: 125497352

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 travel, ferry, Great Lakes, maritime transport, and mid-century automobile inserts in documentary or editorial productions.
Period detail: The white tail-fin car, wooden ferry deck, railings, and color 8mm look support a 1960 setting, with the vessel and open water suggesting regional ferry travel.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passenger viewpoint, watching a car on deck before turning attention to the ship wake from the side of the vessel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white classic car, wooden ferry planks, deck tracks, railings, ship structure, blue water, white wake, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, slight motion blur, uneven exposure, and gate edges that give the scan a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, ferry transition, car-on-deck cutaway, or memory beat linking road travel with movement across water.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century leisure or transport travel, showing a private automobile carried aboard a ferry and the passenger's view of water underway.
Research note: People are flagged visible and any likeness rights should be reviewed; no logos are apparent, but copyright and location or vessel permissions remain separate considerations.
Research search match: Searches for 1960 Michigan 8mm ferry car footage, classic car on ferry deck, Great Lakes home movie travel, or ship wake from passenger deck may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Michigan 1960 travel scenes, then broader ferry, ship wake, classic car, and mid-century road-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Michigan home-movie frame showing a white classic car on a wooden ferry deck, with tracks, railings, and ship hardware visible. — A white tail-fin car moves along the ferry's wooden deck.

White mid-century car viewed from above on a ferry deck, partly blocked by a dark foreground rail in 1960 Michigan footage. — The car passes beneath a foreground rail on the ferry deck.

Passenger-view frame of blue water and foamy ship wake from a ferry or vessel deck in 1960 Michigan home-movie footage. — Foam trails beside the moving vessel as the camera looks over the water.

Foaming ship wake fills the water beside a white vessel rail, continuing the 1960 Michigan ferry travel view. — The ferry wake spreads outward across the blue water.

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