Baltimore Maryland-1961: View Of White Buildings Blue Ocean Water And Small Speedboat

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

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View Of White Buildings Blue Ocean Water And Small Speedboat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a hazy, sun-drenched view of Baltimore's waterfront. The clip shows a distant shoreline with white buildings and a prominent domed structure across a wide expanse of blue water. A small speedboat cuts through the water in the final frames, leaving a white wake. The footage is framed by dark window edges, with lush green trees in the foreground, creating a nostalgic, observational perspective of a classic American cityscape.

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: 127475605

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Baltimore waterfront home-movie footage for establishing a city harbor view, travel insert, or period urban shoreline cutaway.
Period detail: The distant domed building, low waterfront structures, small craft, and soft color 8mm look support an early-1960s urban harbor view.
Home-movie behavior: The framing through dark window edges gives a visitor-shot perspective, observing the harbor and skyline from an elevated or sheltered vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, a distant treed shoreline, pale waterfront buildings, a domed structure, foreground trees, window edges, and a small speedboat.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight haze, muted color, dark gate or window borders, and gentle handheld drift that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, reflective transition, waterfront cutaway, or memory beat within a Baltimore or mid-century travel sequence.
Historical context: The view places Baltimore as seen from across water, emphasizing civic architecture, shoreline recreation, and the observational scale of amateur travel filming.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are evident, but landmark identification, location claims, and separate copyright or property considerations should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Baltimore waterfront 8mm, vintage harbor skyline home movie, Maryland shoreline view, or small speedboat on city water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1961 Baltimore or Maryland views, then with mid-century harbor, city skyline, and travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Baltimore waterfront view with distant pale buildings, a domed structure, blue water, foreground trees, and dark window framing. — Distant Baltimore waterfront and domed building seen across the water.

Baltimore shoreline across blue water, with low pale buildings, tree line, distant civic forms, and dark window edges in the foreground. — Harbor shoreline viewed through dark window framing.

A small speedboat moves across the water in front of the distant Baltimore shoreline, with pale buildings and trees beyond. — Small boat crossing the harbor in front of the distant shoreline.

Small speedboat leaves a pale wake across Baltimore harbor water, with trees, low buildings, and dark foreground framing visible. — Speedboat leaving a white wake across the waterfront view.

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