Vancouver Canada-1974: USS Missouri Battleship with Surrender Plaque

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

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USS Missouri Battleship with Surrender Plaque — Clip Details

VANCOUVER CANADA-1974: A vintage 8mm home movie captures the USS Missouri, focusing on the commemorative plaque marking the site of Japan's formal surrender on September 2, 1945, which ended World War II. The footage transitions to dramatic low-angle shots of the battleship's imposing superstructure against a vibrant purple sky, showcasing its massive gun turrets and intricate deck details. The grainy, color-graded film stock evokes a strong sense of historical nostalgia, with the ship's silhouette framed by foreground elements, emphasizing its scale and power.

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: 125632301

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 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1970s Vancouver home-movie footage for documentary inserts on USS Missouri, naval memory, World War II commemoration, or visitor encounters with military heritage sites.
Period detail: The plaque text and battleship superstructure identify USS Missouri, while the color 8mm look and metadata support a 1974 Vancouver visitor perspective.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies the surrender plaque, then tilts or reframes upward from deck level to emphasize the ship's height and scale from a visitor's point of view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a commemorative plaque, the battleship superstructure, gun turrets, deck fittings, dark foreground posts, blue-purple sky, and scattered clouds.
Film character: The clip has grainy color 8mm texture, high-contrast exposure, slight softness, and handheld framing that preserve the feel of scanned amateur travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, historical reference insert, or transition from World War II surrender context to surviving naval hardware.
Historical context: The frames connect a public memorial plaque with close views of a large battleship, showing how military history was encountered through 1970s tourist filming.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but USS Missouri imagery and plaque text may still require editorial context, copyright review, and location or vessel-use assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1974 Vancouver 8mm USS Missouri footage, battleship plaque home movie, naval museum cutaway, and World War II surrender memorial detail.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1974 Vancouver footage, then naval, battleship, harbor, or World War II commemoration material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Vancouver 8mm frame showing a round USS Missouri commemorative plaque with surrender text, filmed close from a visitor angle. — Close-up of the USS Missouri surrender plaque on the battleship.

Low-angle 1974 Vancouver home-movie view of the USS Missouri superstructure framed between dark foreground ship elements. — The battleship superstructure rises against a purple-blue sky.

1974 Vancouver frame of the USS Missouri superstructure with deck details visible below a clouded sky, shot from a low angle. — Low-angle deck view emphasizing the height of the ship's superstructure.

1974 Vancouver view of USS Missouri gun turrets and superstructure, with dark vertical ship elements framing the deck-level composition. — Gun turrets and upper works of the battleship fill the frame.

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