Baltimore Maryland-1961: View Of White Tugboat And Flying American Flag On A

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Baltimore Maryland

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View Of White Tugboat And Flying American Flag On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a white tugboat navigating calm waters in Baltimore, Maryland. The clip opens with a close view of the tugboat, its white superstructure and dark hull clearly visible against the water. As the camera pans, an American flag waves prominently in the foreground, fluttering in the breeze. In the background, industrial buildings and a Pepsi-Cola sign line the waterfront, evoking a mid-century American port scene. The footage features natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1960s home movie quality, perfect for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or archival projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127475219

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 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: Baltimore, Maryland, 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 Baltimore harbor, tugboat, waterfront, or American flag requests needing real 8mm home-movie material for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip shows a mid-century port scene with a white tugboat, an American flag, waterfront industrial buildings, and a visible Pepsi-Cola sign in the background.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing and quick pan feel like a visitor filming harbor activity from an elevated waterfront viewpoint rather than a staged maritime scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white tugboat, dark hull, calm harbor water, American flag, waterfront buildings, Pepsi-Cola sign, docks, and small distant figures.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld movement that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, harbor transition, patriotic cutaway, or memory beat for Baltimore waterfront life in the early 1960s.
Historical context: The footage visually situates Baltimore as an active working waterfront, with commercial signage, harbor traffic, and patriotic foreground detail in the same brief scene.
Research note: Review is advised for visible Pepsi-Cola branding, the American flag, and any small identifiable people on or near the tugboat; copyright, trademark, likeness, and location issues are separate checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Baltimore harbor 8mm footage, vintage tugboat on water, American flag waterfront home movie, and mid-century port scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Baltimore waterfront material, then broader 1960s harbor, tugboat, flag, or industrial waterfront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Baltimore home-movie frame showing a white tugboat with a dark hull on calm harbor water, with industrial waterfront buildings in the background. — White tugboat passes across Baltimore harbor water with waterfront buildings beyond.

1961 Baltimore harbor frame with a white tugboat on the water and a cropped American flag pole and fabric in the foreground. — Tugboat moves through harbor water as an American flag enters the foreground.

1961 Baltimore waterfront frame showing a large American flag waving in the foreground above harbor water, with a tugboat partly visible at left. — American flag fills the foreground above the harbor as a tugboat remains partly in view.

1961 Baltimore harbor frame showing a white tugboat in the foreground and a visible Pepsi-Cola sign on the opposite waterfront. — Tugboat crosses the foreground with a Pepsi-Cola sign visible on the far waterfront.

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