Vancouver Canada-1974: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard with Cranes and Waterfront

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

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Puget Sound Naval Shipyard with Cranes and Waterfront — Clip Details

VANCOUVER CANADA-1974: Vintage 8mm film footage captures the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, with large cranes and industrial structures dominating the waterfront. A prominent sign clearly reads "PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD" above a building, set against a backdrop of forested hills. The scene shifts to a wider view of the harbor, showing multiple cranes, docked vessels, and the water under a cloudy sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a slightly shaky, handheld perspective, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-1970s maritime industry.

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: 125632377

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: 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: 1970s 8mm harbor footage for documentary or museum edits needing a brief naval shipyard waterfront view with cranes and an identifying yard sign.
Period detail: The frames show mid-1970s color home-movie texture, industrial cranes, waterfront buildings, and a visible sign reading "PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD."
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint from across or along the water, with handheld framing that lingers on the shipyard sign and cranes rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include large shipyard cranes, a waterfront building, the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard sign, forested hills, dockside structures, water, and cloudy sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, grain, warm faded color, variable exposure, and slight handheld instability consistent with original small-gauge film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, industrial waterfront cutaway, naval infrastructure transition, or 1970s travel-memory beat.
Historical context: The footage documents a public-facing view of naval shipyard infrastructure and waterfront industry, without visible workers or identifiable people in these frames.
Research note: The visible shipyard name and military-industrial setting warrant rights review; copyright, trademark, property, and government-site considerations are separate from likeness clearance.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s 8mm naval shipyard, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard cranes, vintage harbor waterfront, and home movie industrial port footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with same-location or 1974 harbor material, then with broader naval shipyard and industrial waterfront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 8mm frame showing cranes and a waterfront building with a Puget Sound Naval Shipyard sign visible in the center. — Cranes rise behind the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard sign on a waterfront building.

1974 8mm frame with the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard sign, crane booms, and industrial waterfront structures under a pale sky. — The shipyard sign remains centered below crane booms and forested hills.

1974 8mm frame showing a crane tower at left, the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard sign, and industrial buildings along the waterfront. — A crane tower frames the shipyard sign and low waterfront buildings.

Wide 1974 8mm harbor view with shipyard cranes, waterfront buildings, open water, and a dramatic cloudy sky. — The view widens to show cranes and shipyard buildings across the water.

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