Washington-1964: A Ferry Boat Travels Slowly Across The Sea

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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A Ferry Boat Travels Slowly Across The Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a ferry boat gliding slowly across calm waters under an overcast sky. The footage, framed by dark borders typical of Super 8 film, shows the white and dark-hulled vessel moving steadily through gentle waves, with a distant shoreline visible in the background. The muted color palette and film grain evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, offering a quiet moment of maritime travel from the mid-1960s.

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: 127383447

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Pacific Northwest maritime travel requests needing a brief home-movie ferry cutaway or coastal transportation insert.
Period detail: The white ferry with dark hull, muted color, and 8mm framing support a mid-1960s home-movie travel view, with Washington location taken from clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the ferry from shore or another vessel, preserving a casual traveler’s observation rather than a staged transportation scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small ferry, dark water, low distant shoreline, overcast sky, film-frame borders, soft focus, and slight exposure variation.
Film character: The clip has 8mm grain, rounded frame edges, muted color, mild gate weave, and handheld steadiness that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short maritime transition, ferry-travel insert, coastal cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The view documents everyday ferry movement across open water, with no visible passengers, signage, or identifiable terminal infrastructure in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but vessel identity and location should be reviewed separately from copyright and archive license terms.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 Washington ferry footage, 8mm ferry on water, vintage home-movie maritime travel, and Pacific Northwest coastal transportation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Washington 1964 travel shots, then broader 1960s ferry, boat, shoreline, and coastal journey material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington 8mm frame showing a ferry crossing dark water with a low shoreline in the distance under cloud cover. — Ferry crossing open water with distant shoreline behind it.

Profile view of the ferry moving steadily across rippled water.

1964 Washington home-movie frame of a ferry on open water, softened by grain and slight exposure variation. — Ferry continuing across the water in a soft 8mm frame.

8mm frame from 1964 Washington showing a ferry crossing calm water against a low, clouded shoreline. — Ferry near the right side of frame against a gray coastal horizon.

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