Cleveland Ohio-1938: Historical Video Footage Of A Ship Docking As Seen From The

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

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Historical Video Footage Of A Ship Docking As Seen From The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a large white ship named 'SULLIVAN BROTHERS' docked at a harbor in Cleveland, Ohio. The view is framed by dark tree leaves in the foreground, creating a layered, nostalgic perspective. In the background, a tall building rises above the waterfront, with other vessels visible along the shore. The grainy black-and-white footage shows subtle movement as people gather near the dock, evoking a sense of mid-20th century maritime life and everyday port 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: 125780422

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: 1930s Cleveland harbor footage for documentary or museum sequences needing a brief maritime transportation insert from original 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm view shows a large vessel marked SULLIVAN BROTHERS, period waterfront structures, dockside people, and leafy foreground framing consistent with the supplied 1938 Cleveland metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, observing the docked ship through trees from a nearby shoreline rather than staging activity for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the SULLIVAN BROTHERS ship, harbor water, tree branches and leaves, a tall waterfront building, smaller vessels, dock railings, and people near the shore.
Film character: Soft black-and-white exposure, visible grain, frame-edge vignetting, and slight handheld drift give the short 8mm view a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a concise establishing cutaway, harbor transition, or memory beat for Great Lakes shipping, Cleveland waterfront, or everyday port activity.
Historical context: The footage documents a waterfront scene where spectators and vessels share the frame, offering visual context for urban harbor life without proving a specific event or voyage.
Research note: The vessel name is readable and people are visible at a distance, so copyright status should be separated from likeness, trademark, vessel-identification, and location review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Cleveland harbor 8mm footage, Great Lakes ship docking home movie, SULLIVAN BROTHERS vessel, and 1930s waterfront people.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then with other Cleveland 1938 harbor material, and then with broader Great Lakes shipping, dockside spectators, or urban waterfront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Cleveland harbor view of the SULLIVAN BROTHERS vessel framed by dark tree leaves, with a tall waterfront building behind it. — The SULLIVAN BROTHERS sits near the Cleveland waterfront, partially framed by overhanging leaves.

1938 Cleveland waterfront frame showing the SULLIVAN BROTHERS ship through foliage, with nearby vessels and shore structures in the background. — A leafy foreground frames the docked SULLIVAN BROTHERS and nearby harbor traffic.

1938 Cleveland shoreline view with a large tree obscuring part of the ship and several people gathered near the dock area. — People stand near the waterfront as the ship is partly obscured by a large tree.

1938 Cleveland harbor frame with a broad tree canopy, small groups of people near the shore, and the ship partially visible behind foliage. — The camera holds on a shaded tree foreground with people and harbor activity beyond it.

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