Minnesota USA-1961: Large Cargo Ship Docked at Port

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

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Large Cargo Ship Docked at Port — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a large cargo ship docked at a waterfront in Minnesota. The footage shows the ship's side with a white stripe and dark hull, alongside industrial buildings and a calm waterway. Later frames offer a high-angle view of the deck, revealing cargo containers, masts, and deck equipment. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a glimpse into mid-century commercial shipping and port activity.

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: 125497973

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Minnesota home-movie footage for edits needing commercial shipping, port infrastructure, or docked cargo vessel context.
Period detail: The dark hull, white stripe, mast rigging, deck fittings, and waterfront industrial buildings may show mid-century Great Lakes or inland port activity.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot vantage, moving from a dockside side view to a high-angle look down onto the ship deck.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large docked ship, calm water, industrial walls, mast rigging, deck equipment, covered cargo, railings, and a narrow harbor channel.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, color shift toward blue-purple, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for shipping, trade, waterfront industry, or travel-memory sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places a cargo vessel within a working waterfront setting without identifying the ship, port facility, operator, or cargo.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but copyright, vessel identity, and property-location questions may still require separate review.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Minnesota 8mm cargo ship, vintage home movie docked freighter, industrial waterfront, and port deck footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Minnesota 1961 waterfront shots, then broader vintage shipping and commercial port footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a large cargo ship docked beside industrial waterfront structures and still water. — Dockside view of a large vessel moored along an industrial waterfront.

High-angle 1961 Minnesota home-movie view looking down over a docked ship deck with masts, equipment, and water alongside. — Looking down onto the deck of a docked vessel next to the waterway.

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a high-angle deck view of a docked cargo vessel with rigging and covered deck items. — High-angle deck detail with rigging, railings, and water beside the ship.

High-angle 1961 Minnesota view of a docked cargo ship deck, with mast hardware, railings, covered cargo, and water alongside. — Overhead deck view of the moored vessel at the waterfront.

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