Canada-1974: Vintage Ferry Docked At Coastal Port With Gulf Station

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationCanada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 Canada

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Vintage Ferry Docked At Coastal Port With Gulf Station — Clip Details

CANADA-1974: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a large passenger ferry docked at a coastal port, its white hull and red trim standing out against the purple-tinted sky. The ship, likely a BC Ferries vessel, is moored near industrial buildings including a Gulf gas station, with forested hills in the background. The footage shows the ferry from a fixed perspective, with subtle movement on the water and faint activity on deck. Shot on 8mm film, the clip features natural grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic atmosphere typical of 1970s amateur footage, offering authentic archival material for historical or documentary projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125630822

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1016 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: worlds fair
Reel-level year note: 1974
Reel-level location note: seattle,british columbia canada
Date: 1974 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: Canada 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 1970s Canadian travel, ferry, coastal transport, and home-movie archive requests needing a brief establishing view of a passenger vessel at port.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-1970s coastal ferry infrastructure, with a white and red passenger ferry, dock buildings, fuel branding, and forested shoreline visible behind the harbor.
Home-movie behavior: The fixed visitor-shot perspective gives the scene the feel of a traveler recording a ferry arrival or dockside pause rather than staged transport coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large ferry, harbor water, dock structures, Gulf signage, industrial port buildings, forested hills, and a brief opening view of a civic-looking domed building.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild gate weave, purple color shift, and exposure variation that give it a distinctly amateur 1970s archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel transition, coastal transport cutaway, or memory beat in a sequence about Canadian ferry travel or port life.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for passenger ferry travel and roadside fuel presence around a Canadian coastal port without establishing a specific terminal or vessel identity.
Research note: Human review should note visible Gulf branding and possible vessel or terminal identifiers; copyright, trademark, and property considerations are separate from likeness clearance.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1970s Canada ferry footage, vintage 8mm coastal port, passenger ferry docked, Gulf station harbor, and archival home movie ship footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then other 1974 Canada or coastal port footage, then broader themes of ferries, harbors, and 1970s transport.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Canada home-movie frame showing a domed civic-style building with lawns and trees, seen in soft focus before the ferry views. — Opening frame of a domed civic building with landscaped grounds and a tall tree.

1974 Canadian coastal port view of a large white and red passenger ferry docked near low industrial buildings and fuel signage. — Passenger ferry docked at a coastal harbor with buildings and signage in the background.

Large ferry bow viewed from shore in a 1974 Canada home movie, with harbor water, dock facilities, and Gulf signs visible behind. — Centered view of the ferry bow at the dock, framed by harbor buildings and shoreline.

1974 Canadian ferry-port frame showing a white and red passenger ferry at dock, with low buildings, signage, and wooded hills beyond. — Docked ferry beneath a purple-tinted sky, with port buildings and wooded shoreline behind.

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