Minnesota USA-1961: Ship Northern Venture Docked At Port

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Minnesota

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Ship Northern Venture Docked At Port — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures the massive freighter Northern Venture docked at a port in Minnesota. The clip opens with a wide view of the ship alongside a gravel shoreline, with industrial buildings and a tree-lined hill in the background under a bright blue sky. The camera then moves to a closer, more detailed shot of the ship's bow, clearly showing its name in white lettering against the dark hull. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and slight camera shake, offering authentic archival footage of Great Lakes shipping history.

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: 125497929

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: 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 1028 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: mother,sioux falls, pushmobile, duluth in winter, clarence
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: duluth,minnesota
Date: 1961 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: Minnesota, 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 8mm Minnesota port footage for productions needing Great Lakes shipping, industrial waterfront, or freighter cutaway material.
Period detail: The dark-hulled ship, painted name, low industrial waterfront, gravel shore, and soft color 8mm stock support an early 1960s home-movie view of a working port.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from shore with a brief wide view and closer bow view, suggesting an unstaged visitor record of a docked freighter.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a docked freighter, bow lettering, gravel foreground, industrial buildings, shoreline water, distant hillside, blue sky, and film gate edges.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, slight handheld instability, blue color shift, soft focus, and exposure variation that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a shipping-history insert, waterfront transition, regional industry cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1960s travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for mid-century Great Lakes-style port activity without showing workers, cargo handling, or a named public event.
Research note: The ship name is visible and should be reviewed as identifiable vessel lettering; no people are visible, but copyright, trademark, and location permissions remain separate checks.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Minnesota freighter footage, 8mm Great Lakes ship docked, Northern Venture bow, vintage port home movie, and industrial waterfront.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Minnesota 1961 waterfront material, then broader Great Lakes shipping or docked freighter footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a large freighter docked near gravel ground, low port buildings, water, and a tree-lined hill. — Wide shoreline view of a docked freighter at a Minnesota port.

1961 Minnesota 8mm view of the Northern Venture docked at port, seen from shore with industrial buildings and a distant hillside. — The docked ship is seen from shore with port buildings behind it.

Close 1961 Minnesota 8mm frame of the Northern Venture bow, with white name lettering on a dark hull under a blue sky. — Closer bow view with the Northern Venture name visible on the hull.

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame showing the Northern Venture bow, bridge windows, dock edge, and mooring line from a low shore angle. — The freighter's bow and bridge fill the frame at dockside.

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