Washington-1964: Passenger Ferry Cruising on Cloudy Water

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Passenger Ferry Cruising on Cloudy Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a large passenger ferry cruising across a wide body of water under a cloudy sky. The vessel, with multiple decks and American flags, moves steadily from left to right, leaving a wake behind. The footage, framed by dark borders typical of Super 8 projection, shows a distant shoreline and exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century home movies. This archival clip evokes a sense of mid-century American travel and transportation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127383330

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Washington, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1960s documentary edits needing Washington-area maritime transportation, ferry travel, or waterfront transit seen through home-movie footage.
Period detail: The multi-deck ferry, small American flags, muted color, and 8mm frame edges may show mid-1960s passenger or vehicle ferry service on a broad Washington waterway.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, watching a passing ferry from across the water rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large ferry, dark hull, white upper decks, American flags, cloudy sky, rippled water, distant shoreline, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture with visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, saturated blues and grays, and handheld framing through dark projection borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a waterfront cutaway, travel transition, transport insert, or quiet memory beat between scenes about regional movement or ferry routes.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday water transportation and waterfront observation without showing passengers, crew details, terminal signage, or identifiable buildings.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but vessel identity, route, location specificity, copyright, and property-related uses should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 8mm Washington ferry footage, vintage passenger ferry on cloudy water, mid-century waterfront transportation, and home movie ferry cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Washington waterfront footage, then broader 1960s ferry, boat, harbor, or travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington 8mm frame showing a large ferry with white decks and dark hull moving across cloudy water. — A multi-deck ferry passes across a wide body of water under heavy clouds.

Large ferry continues across a Washington waterway, framed by dark 8mm borders and a cloudy horizon. — The ferry moves steadily past a distant shoreline, leaving a small wake behind.

Home-movie view of a large ferry crossing gray water in Washington, with heavy clouds filling the upper frame. — A ferry travels across the water as a dark cloud layer hangs over the shoreline.

Final 8mm frame of the ferry continuing rightward across cloudy Washington waters with shoreline in the distance. — The ferry nears the right edge of the frame while its wake trails across the water.

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