Minnesota USA-1961: Cargo Ship at Industrial Harbor with Grain Silo

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

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Cargo Ship at Industrial Harbor with Grain Silo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a large cargo ship docked in a bustling industrial harbor. The footage shows the ship's deck loaded with cargo, with tall cranes and industrial structures lining the waterfront. A prominent grainy texture and faded color palette typical of Super 8 film give the clip a nostalgic, archival quality. The scene includes a large grain silo and a gas holder in the background, suggesting a working port in Minnesota. The camera remains mostly static, offering a candid glimpse into mid-century maritime commerce and industrial life.

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: 125497975

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s industrial harbor coverage, maritime commerce sequences, or documentary cutaways needing real 8mm footage of a docked cargo vessel in Minnesota.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century port infrastructure, including a cargo ship deck, cranes, dock structures, a waterfront silo-like form, and a large gas holder visible in the distance.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, observing the working harbor from a fixed or lightly handheld vantage without staged action or narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cargo ship, deck fittings, cranes or mast structures, dock edge, waterway, industrial buildings, a cylindrical gas holder, and distant shoreline.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries dense grain, soft focus, faded color, gate shadows, and slight exposure variation that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, industrial transition, maritime cutaway, or brief memory beat within a sequence on ports, shipping, or regional industry.
Historical context: The scene documents a working waterfront environment where ships, dock equipment, storage structures, and utility infrastructure appear close together in an industrial landscape.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any property or location permissions required for their use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Minnesota harbor 8mm footage, cargo ship at industrial dock, grain silo waterfront, gas holder port scene, and vintage home movie shipping footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1961 Minnesota harbor material, then broader 1960s industrial waterfront, cargo ship, and maritime commerce footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a docked cargo ship deck, rigging, railings, and waterway in an industrial harbor setting. — Docked cargo vessel and harbor channel viewed from above or from an elevated point.

A 1961 Minnesota harbor view shows the cargo ship deck, vertical equipment, dockside structures, and a narrow channel of water. — Ship deck and dockside industrial equipment beside the harbor water.

1961 Minnesota 8mm footage shows a docked vessel in an industrial harbor with water, a dark building mass, and a gas holder in the background. — Industrial waterfront with docked vessel and gas holder across the harbor.

A faded 1961 Minnesota harbor frame shows a small docked vessel, industrial waterfront structures, open water, and a distant gas holder. — Working harbor view with vessel, dock structures, and distant gas holder.

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