Washington-1964: A Ferry With Smoke Coming From Its Funnel Powers Through A Waterway

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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A Ferry With Smoke Coming From Its Funnel Powers Through... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a ferry with smoke billowing from its funnel as it powers through a waterway. The white vessel with a dark hull moves steadily across the frame, viewed through a window or frame with black borders. Distant mountains line the horizon under a cloudy sky, with gentle waves rippling across the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American travel memory.

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: 127383457

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: 1960s Washington home-movie footage for productions needing a ferry crossing, inland waterway travel, or maritime transportation cutaway.
Period detail: The white ferry, dark hull, smoking funnel, and 8mm travel-film viewpoint may show mid-century regional ferry service in Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective from behind a dark window or frame as the ferry passes steadily across open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white ferry, dark hull, smoking funnel, rippled water, cloudy sky, distant shoreline, low mountains, and dark framing bars.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, travel transition, regional establishing cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents ferry travel as seen by a private camera, with the vessel and shoreline framed as part of a mid-century journey.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but vessel identification, location specificity, and copyright status should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1964 Washington ferry footage, 8mm ferry on waterway, smoking funnel vessel, and 1960s maritime home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other 1964 Washington travel scenes, then broader ferry, vessel, shoreline, and waterway material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington home-movie frame showing a white ferry with a dark hull moving across a waterway, with distant hills beyond. — A white ferry passes across open water with low mountains on the horizon.

White ferry seen through dark framing as it moves across a Washington waterway beneath a cloudy 1964 sky. — The ferry continues across the frame, backed by a low shoreline and cloudy sky.

The 1964 8mm frame shows a ferry with smoke from its funnel, dark hull, choppy water, and distant Washington shoreline. — Smoke rises lightly from the ferry funnel as the vessel moves past a wooded shoreline.

A more distant view of the white ferry crossing a Washington waterway, framed by rippled water, low mountains, and clouds. — The ferry appears farther away against a broad waterway and low mountain horizon.

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