Michigan USA-1960: White Ship And Grave Maker On Sunny Day

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

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White Ship And Grave Maker On Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures the SS North American, a white passenger ship, docked at a Michigan port on a sunny day. Passengers are visible on the decks as the vessel rests against a blue sky. The clip includes a handwritten label confirming the location as Manistique, Michigan, and the date as June 11, 1960. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, personal documentary feel, ideal for historical or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125497530

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Michigan home-movie footage for productions needing a Great Lakes passenger ship insert with date-and-place reel identification.
Period detail: The white passenger ship, deck passengers, 8mm color stock, and handwritten Manistique, Mich. label support a mid-century Great Lakes travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, first observing the docked vessel and then filming the handwritten reel label as a personal record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white ship bow, deck railings, small passengers, blue sky, distant shoreline, grass, and a handwritten paper label.
Film character: The scan shows home-movie grain, soft focus, mild color shift, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical 8mm texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transition into Michigan waterfront or Great Lakes material.
Historical context: The footage visually places leisure travel and waterfront sightseeing in a Michigan home-movie record without proving a broader event or itinerary.
Research note: Ship name and people on deck are visible, so copyright, trademark, likeness, and vessel-identification questions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s Michigan 8mm ship footage, Manistique home movie, Great Lakes passenger vessel, and SS North American archive clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Manistique or 1960 Michigan footage, then broader Great Lakes ships and waterfront travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

White passenger ship, identified in metadata as SS North American, docked in Michigan with small figures visible on deck. — A white passenger vessel rests at a Michigan waterfront with passengers visible along the deck.

Handwritten reel label on grass documents Manistique, Michigan and June 11, 1960, though the paper is partly faded and creased. — A handwritten label records the Manistique, Michigan location and June 11, 1960 date.

Sunlit handwritten label on grass gives the clip's Manistique, Michigan location and June 11, 1960 date. — The reel label fills the frame, confirming the location and date for the home movie.

Another close view of the handwritten Manistique, Michigan label, with date text and faded blue shadowing visible on the paper. — A close label shot preserves the place and date information from the original reel.

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