Cleveland Ohio-1938: A Freight Ship Moving Through a Canal

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

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A Freight Ship Moving Through a Canal — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1938 captures the SULLIVAN BROTHERS freighter navigating a canal or harbor in Cleveland, Ohio. The black-and-white footage shows the large vessel moving slowly through the water, its name clearly visible on the hull. A smaller boat is docked in the foreground, partially obscured by tree branches, while industrial buildings line the distant shore. The film exhibits characteristic grain, slight motion blur, and darkened edges, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-20th century American transportation and industry.

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: 125780403

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 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 industrial transportation edits needing home-movie footage of a Great Lakes freighter moving through a Cleveland harbor or canal setting.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view shows a large freighter, a small foreground boat, shoreline structures, and vessel lettering consistent with the supplied 1938 Cleveland metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from shore through trees and a docked boat, giving the clip the casual, observational feel of a visitor recording harbor traffic.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the SULLIVAN BROTHERS freighter, waterway, small foreground boat, tree branches, shoreline buildings, mast, hull lettering, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The footage has soft monochrome contrast, visible grain, mild blur, and edge darkening typical of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an insert, industrial cutaway, harbor transition, or brief memory beat for Great Lakes shipping and urban waterfront history.
Historical context: The scene places commercial vessel traffic within a working Cleveland waterfront, with industry and transport visible without making claims beyond the recorded view.
Research note: Human review should note the readable vessel name on the hull; copyright, trademark, vessel identification, and property or location permissions are separate clearance questions.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1938 Cleveland harbor footage, 8mm freighter home movie, Great Lakes cargo ship, vintage canal traffic, and SULLIVAN BROTHERS vessel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Cleveland footage, then broader Great Lakes shipping, industrial waterfront, and vintage transportation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Cleveland harbor view of the SULLIVAN BROTHERS freighter moving past a small foreground boat and trees. — The freighter appears behind a docked boat and overhanging branches along the waterfront.

The SULLIVAN BROTHERS freighter moves through the Cleveland waterway, partly framed by a small boat and tree cover. — Hull lettering is visible as the vessel passes through the harbor or canal scene.

A close shoreline view shows the freighter bow and superstructure in the 1938 Cleveland industrial waterway scene. — The vessel's bow and cabin pass through the frame with a small boat in the foreground.

The SULLIVAN BROTHERS name is visible on the freighter hull as it moves past the Cleveland waterfront. — The freighter fills more of the frame near the end of the brief harbor view.

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