Cleveland Ohio-1938: Bulk Cargo Ship Arriving in Port

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationCleveland, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Cleveland Ohio

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Bulk Cargo Ship Arriving in Port — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a bulk cargo ship arriving at a port or canal in Cleveland, Ohio. The scene is viewed from a park-like area, with a large tree partially framing the shot. A small lifeboat rests on a trailer in the foreground, while the massive white-hulled vessel moves slowly through the water. The grainy black-and-white footage shows the ship's details and the surrounding industrial waterfront, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century transportation and maritime activity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
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: 125780391

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 1001 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1937-1938-1939
Reel-level location note: Cleveland
Date: 1938 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: Cleveland, Ohio, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s documentary, museum, or education edits needing Cleveland maritime traffic, industrial waterfront atmosphere, or Great Lakes cargo movement from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view may show late-1930s port activity, with a large cargo vessel, small boat on a trailer, sparse waterfront structures, and park-side trees.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a park-like shoreline rather than a formal news position, giving the arriving vessel a casual visitor-shot perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white cargo ship, dark hull lettering, a small boat on a trailer, a curved support or davit, leafy tree branches, shoreline water, and a small person near the foreground.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, soft focus, high-contrast exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, waterfront cutaway, transition into Cleveland industry, or memory beat about transportation by water.
Historical context: The clip places leisure viewing and working waterfront activity in the same frame, suggesting public access near a port or canal without proving the exact facility.
Research note: Ship markings and a visible person should be reviewed for trademark, vessel identification, and likeness issues; copyright status is separate from those clearances.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1938 Cleveland 8mm ship footage, Great Lakes cargo vessel arrival, Ohio port home movie, and vintage industrial waterfront cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Cleveland or Ohio 1938 waterfront material, then broader 1930s cargo ship and canal transportation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Cleveland home-movie frame showing a cargo ship on the water, viewed past trees and a foreground boat on a trailer. — A large vessel passes behind a foreground boat and shoreline trees.

Cleveland waterfront view of a cargo vessel moving past a small foreground boat under heavy tree cover. — The vessel remains visible through shoreline trees and a boat display.

1938 Cleveland shoreline frame with a cargo ship, a boat on a trailer, trees, and a small person partly visible at the right. — A shoreline observer stands near the foreground boat as the ship passes behind.

Cleveland 8mm frame showing a passing cargo ship behind a foreground boat, tree cover, and a partially visible person near the shore. — The ship continues through the waterfront view, partly screened by trees and foreground objects.

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