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

  • 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 Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
125780403

Rights & Clearance

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

  • 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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Cleveland, Ohio, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • boat
  • moving
  • sea
  • transportation
  • cleveland ohio
  • 1938
  • 1938 Cleveland Ohio
  • vintage 8mm film
  • SULLIVAN BROTHERS
  • freighter ship
  • canal boat
  • industrial waterfront
  • archival footage
  • black and white film
  • maritime history
  • old ship
  • transportation history
  • historic footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage documentary
  • American industry
  • old film
  • grainy footage
  • moving ship
  • nostalgic clip

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.

Still Frames From This Clip

Freighter passing on a waterway behind a small docked boat and tree branches.

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