Vancouver Canada-1974: Vintage 8mm Footage of a Ferry on the Sea and a Savings and Loan Sign

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationVancouver, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 Vancouver Canada

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Vintage 8mm Footage of a Ferry on the Sea and a Savings... — Clip Details

VANCOUVER CANADA-1974: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a large white ferry with a red hull cruising across calm waters under a purple-tinged sky. The footage, shot from a moving perspective, shows the vessel leaving a wake as it travels through the harbor. The scene transitions to a street view featuring a prominent sign for the Port Angeles Savings and Loan Association with a digital display showing '851', set against brick and commercial buildings. The entire clip exhibits the characteristic grain, color shift, and soft focus of 1970s Super 8 film.

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: 125632106

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: Yes
Minors 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: Vancouver, 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: 1970s 8mm travel footage for productions needing a ferry-on-water insert and a small-city commercial street sign cutaway.
Period detail: The ferry design, red-and-white hull, savings-and-loan sign, and digital number display may show mid-1970s Pacific Northwest travel and streetscape details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, observing a ferry from shore or another moving vantage point before briefly turning to a roadside business sign.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large ferry, calm water, shoreline structures, a wake, purple-shifted sky, a Port Angeles Savings and Loan sign, brick siding, and a digital display.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, mild exposure variation, and purple color shift typical of aged small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a travel transition, harbor establishing insert, ferry cutaway, or brief memory beat linking maritime movement with a street-level sign.
Historical context: The footage visually connects ferry travel with a savings-and-loan storefront sign, suggesting everyday regional mobility and commercial streetscape rather than a staged event.
Research note: Human review should note possible distant passengers and visible business signage; copyright, trademark, likeness, and property issues require separate assessment.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1970s 8mm ferry footage, Pacific Northwest home movie, Port Angeles savings and loan sign, harbor travel cutaway, and vintage ferry on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1974 Vancouver or Port Angeles travel footage, then with ferries, harbor scenes, and vintage street signage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 8mm travel footage shows a large white ferry with a red hull moving across calm harbor water, with small distant figures likely on deck. — A ferry passes across the water in a soft, purple-shifted 8mm frame.

A large ferry continues across calm water in the 1974 home-movie footage, framed by dark film edges and a hazy shoreline. — The ferry travels through the harbor with a faint wake behind it.

The ferry remains in view on calm water, with soft focus, visible grain, and purple color shift from the aged 8mm film scan. — A soft 8mm view holds on the ferry as it crosses the water.

A street-level 8mm frame shows a Port Angeles Savings and Loan Association sign, brick building walls, utility lines, and a digital display reading 851. — The clip cuts to a Port Angeles Savings and Loan Association sign beside commercial buildings.

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