Israel-1960: Port Region Of A City Full Of Ships In The Middle Of The Ocean

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationIsrael
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Israel

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Port Region Of A City Full Of Ships In The Middle Of The... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage footage captures a port region in Israel from an elevated perspective. The blue-tinted, grainy images show a coastal city with numerous ships docked and navigating the harbor. The camera pans across the water, revealing a mix of commercial vessels and smaller boats against a backdrop of the deep blue sea and distant shoreline. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—soft focus, film grain, and a nostalgic color palette—offering a rare glimpse into mid-century maritime activity and urban coastal life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127481017

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: 1960 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: Israel 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 documentary or educational edits needing elevated home-movie views of an Israeli harbor and coastal shipping activity.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century port district with low waterfront structures, anchored vessels, and open sea, supported by the 1960 Israel metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot vantage point, observing the harbor from above without staged action or identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue sea, distant shoreline, harbor structures, moored ships, small boats, pale rooftops, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, blue color shift, grain, dust specks, and slight handheld framing give the 8mm scan a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, maritime cutaway, travel transition, or reflective memory beat for coastal Israel.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for urban waterfront activity and sea traffic without identifying a specific port, landmark, or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible in the supplied frames, but copyright status and location/property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960 Israel 8mm harbor footage, vintage Israeli port view, home movie ships at sea, and coastal city archive film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1960 Israel clips, and finally broader archival footage of ports, ships, and coastal travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Israel 8mm frame showing a soft, elevated view of port buildings beside a deep blue harbor. — Waterfront structures and harbor water seen from above.

1960 Israel 8mm frame with small distant vessels on blue harbor water beyond low coastal structures. — Small vessels appear offshore beyond the harbor edge.

1960 Israel 8mm frame showing open harbor water, distant boats, and a hazy coastal horizon. — Several small vessels sit on the blue water below a faint horizon.

1960 Israel 8mm frame with boats, a visible wake, and low coastal land across blue harbor water. — Boats and a pale wake mark the harbor water near the shoreline.

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