Minnesota USA-1961: Large Freight Ship Moving Past Lighthouse on Ocean

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

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Large Freight Ship Moving Past Lighthouse on Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a large freighter moving across a calm blue ocean under a clear sky. A white and black lighthouse stands on a pier to the right, with the ship passing in the distance. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera shake, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s. The scene evokes a sense of quiet maritime travel and mid-century Americana.

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: 125497983

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: Useful for 1960s documentary or editorial requests needing Great Lakes maritime traffic, a freighter, and a lighthouse seen in home-movie footage.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show early 1960s leisure or travel filming, with a freighter, pier lighthouse, and simple handheld framing as visible period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot waterfront perspective, holding on the ship and lighthouse without staging or formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open blue water, a distant large freighter, a white-and-black lighthouse, a pier or breakwater, pale sky, film gate edges, and brief railing or shoreline detail.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, color shift, exposure variation, gate edges, and slight handheld movement as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime cutaway, regional travel insert, transition beat, or quiet memory shot between broader Great Lakes or transportation scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational observation of commercial shipping from shore, with the freighter passing a lighthouse in a calm waterfront setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any lighthouse or vessel identification needs separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 8mm Minnesota ship footage, Great Lakes freighter passing lighthouse, vintage home movie waterfront, and archival maritime cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Minnesota or 1961 waterfront material, then broader lighthouse, freighter, shipping, and Great Lakes travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a distant freighter on open water with a white-and-black lighthouse at the right edge. — A freighter moves across open water near a pier lighthouse.

Wide 8mm view of a freighter offshore with a lighthouse and breakwater visible on the right in Minnesota footage from 1961. — The ship remains distant as it passes the lighthouse.

Bright, washed 8mm frame with the freighter faintly visible across the water and shoreline or railing detail along the left edge. — Exposure flares as the freighter appears through a bright waterfront view.

Closer 1961 Minnesota 8mm view of a large freighter moving past a lighthouse and pier, with blue water and film gate edges visible. — The freighter draws nearer as it passes the lighthouse and breakwater.

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