Minnesota USA-1961: Freight Ship Sailing near Lighthouse

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

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Freight Ship Sailing near Lighthouse — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a large freighter navigating a calm blue ocean under a clear sky. A smaller lighthouse or harbor structure stands on the right, while the ship moves steadily through the water, leaving a white wake. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly soft focus, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century maritime transportation. The scene is viewed from a nearby vessel, with a partial railing visible on the left edge of the frame. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 125497985

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 maritime footage for editors needing a brief harbor, freighter, or Great Lakes transportation insert.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century lake shipping, with a large freighter, small harbor light or structure, and a vessel-side viewpoint supporting the 1961 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The view feels visitor-shot from another boat, with a partial person or railing at the left edge and handheld framing tracking the freighter offshore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red-hulled freighter, deep blue water, clear sky, white wake, small harbor structure, dark frame edges, and a partial figure or railing at left.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, dust marks, slight color shift, and uneven exposure typical of amateur physical-film footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime cutaway, travel transition, industrial-era insert, or quiet memory beat between broader Great Lakes scenes.
Historical context: The clip visually places recreational filming beside working water transport, showing a freighter passing near a small harbor marker or light structure.
Research note: Rights review should account for possible identifiable people at the frame edge, while no visible logos or private property are apparent in these stills.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 8mm Minnesota freighter footage, Great Lakes harbor home movie, vintage ship on water, and mid-century maritime cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel boat or shoreline shots, then Minnesota 1961 material, then broader vintage freighter, harbor, and water transportation themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a red-hulled freighter on open water with a small harbor structure to the right. — A large freighter moves across calm blue water, with a smaller harbor structure visible at right.

1961 Minnesota home-movie frame of a freighter moving across blue water, seen from a nearby boat with dark frame edges. — The freighter continues forward, leaving a pale wake as a small harbor structure sits to the right.

1961 Minnesota 8mm still showing a large freighter passing on calm water, with a small harbor structure nearby. — The freighter appears nearer in the frame, its red hull contrasting with the blue water and pale sky.

1961 Minnesota home-movie frame with a freighter on the horizon and a small harbor light or structure to the right. — A freighter travels across the waterline while the small harbor structure remains at the right side of frame.

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