Minnesota USA-1961: Lighthouse And Ship At Pier

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

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Lighthouse And Ship At Pier — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic lakeside scene in Minnesota. The footage opens on a lighthouse at the end of a pier, with waves crashing against rocks in the foreground under a bright sky. The scene transitions to a large black-and-white ship, the Jean L.D. Montague, docked at a pier, its name clearly visible on the hull. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 footage evokes a strong sense of mid-century Americana and maritime history.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 125497960

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: Useful for 1960s Great Lakes or Minnesota maritime documentary sequences needing a brief home-movie view of a lighthouse, rough water, and a docked freighter.
Period detail: The ship design, painted hull lettering, pier structures, and 8mm color stock support a mid-century lakeside setting, with the reel metadata dating it to 1961 Minnesota.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor viewpoint, first watching waves and a lighthouse from shore, then lingering on the docked Jean L.D. Montague as a travel record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a breakwater lighthouse, choppy lake water, shoreline rocks, a pier, a large black-and-white ship, hull lettering, railings, and dock structures.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight exposure shifts, color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, lakeside transition, travel-memory beat, or visual bridge between shoreline and working-waterfront material.
Historical context: The clip visually connects recreational shoreline viewing with Great Lakes shipping infrastructure, without establishing a specific port beyond the Minnesota metadata.
Research note: The ship name is visible and should be reviewed as identifiable vessel lettering; copyright, trademark, vessel, and location issues are separate from likeness clearance.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1961 Minnesota 8mm lighthouse, Great Lakes freighter home movie, docked ship at pier, vintage lakeside travel footage, and Jean L.D. Montague.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other 1961 Minnesota waterfront shots, then broader Great Lakes lighthouse, pier, ship, and home-movie travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota home-movie frame showing a breakwater lighthouse across rough lake water, with rocks in the foreground. — Lighthouse seen from shore across choppy water and foreground rocks.

Docked black-and-white ship in 1961 Minnesota footage, with railings, deck equipment, and pier structures around it. — A large ship sits docked beside waterfront structures.

Home-movie view of the Jean L.D. Montague docked at a pier, with its dark hull and white superstructure filling the frame. — The Jean L.D. Montague is filmed in a close dockside view.

Side view of the docked Jean L.D. Montague in 1961 Minnesota footage, framed by pier structures and dark lake water. — Side view of the docked ship with pier structures behind it.

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