Chicago Illinois-1968: Handwritten Note and Barge Docked on River

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Handwritten Note and Barge Docked on River — Clip Details

CHICAGO ILLINOIS-1968: A close-up of a handwritten note dated March 14–17, 1968, placed on straw near tree bark, followed by vintage 8mm footage of a barge with a yellow crane docked along a city river. Tall buildings line the waterfront, capturing mid-century urban industrial activity. The film shows natural color shifts and grain typical of 1960s home movie footage, with a handheld, observational style. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into Chicago’s riverfront in the late 1960s, ideal for historical documentaries, retro content, or editorial projects.

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: 125593775

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 1018 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: chicago,macinaw island michigan
Date: 1968 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: Chicago, Illinois, 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 requests needing 1960s Chicago home-movie footage of the riverfront, urban waterways, or industrial city activity as documentary or editorial insert material.
Period detail: The handwritten date note, 8mm color stock, river barge, crane, and mid-century downtown buildings support a late-1960s Chicago setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot quality, moving from a personal date marker to an observational view of a docked working vessel along the river.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a handwritten Chicago date card, straw and tree bark, a river barge, a yellow crane, waterfront buildings, dock edges, and small people on deck.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, mild color shift, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give it recognizable home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a date-setting insert, location transition, industrial river cutaway, or brief memory beat within a Chicago or urban history sequence.
Historical context: The riverfront view places working boats and dense commercial buildings in the same frame, showing an urban waterway still tied to transport and service activity.
Research note: People appear small in the barge views, so likeness review may be needed; no visible brands are clear, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1968 Chicago 8mm river footage, Chicago River barge home movie, vintage urban waterfront crane, and 1960s city river transport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Chicago 1968 material, then with 1960s urban river, dock, barge, and industrial transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close view of a handwritten Chicago March 14-17, 1968 note resting on straw and bark in 8mm home-movie footage. — Handwritten Chicago date card marking March 14-17, 1968.

A second close frame of the handwritten Chicago March 14-17, 1968 note, with straw and rough bark visible around the paper. — Close-up of the Chicago date note before the riverfront scene.

Chicago riverfront view from 1968 showing a docked barge with a yellow crane, tall waterfront buildings, and small people on the vessel. — Barge and crane docked along the Chicago riverfront.

1968 Chicago river scene with a barge, crane, boat cabin, river channel, waterfront architecture, and small people near the deck. — River barge with crane against downtown waterfront buildings.

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