Alaska-1977: Passenger Ferry Passing Wooded Islands and Mountain Slopes

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationAlaska, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 · Alaska, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

coastal travel
passenger transport
maritime infrastructure
tourism
landscape
journey

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · Slightly elevated broadside view across the water
Setting: outdoor · Mountainous coastal channel with evergreen-covered shoreline
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined · Overcast appearance with distant haze
Lighting: Soft, diffuse daylight
People: 0 · No individual people are clearly distinguishable at this distance.
Vehicles: passenger ferry · lifeboats carried aboard the ferry
Objects: ship mast · funnel · deck railings · rows of windows · yellow hull stripe · bow wave · wooded shoreline · mountain slopes
Colors: dark blue · off-white · forest green · gray · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The ferry appears broadside against a mountainous shoreline, its bow facing left.
The camera keeps the white decks and dark hull centered as the wooded shore shifts behind.
White water traces the hull as the stern approaches the right edge of the frame.

Passenger Ferry Passing Wooded Islands and Mountain Slopes — Clip Details

Likely Alaska, circa 1977 home movie footage shows a large passenger ferry underway beside a wooded shoreline and mountain slopes. Its white upper decks rise above a dark blue hull with a narrow yellow stripe, while white water gathers along the bow and side. A single continuous shot follows the passing vessel from across the water, keeping its left-facing bow and broad side in view. Soft focus, muted color and slight framing drift give the scene its projected-film texture.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003266

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1977 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: Alaska, 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: Supports documentary requests for circa 1977 coastal passenger transport and visitor-shot maritime travel, likely in Alaska.
Period detail: The multi-deck ferry, prominent mast, dark funnel and carried lifeboats show vessel design compatible with the circa 1977 section estimate without fixing a date.
Home-movie behavior: The camera operator follows a passing ship from across the water, preserving the spontaneous interest of a traveler watching nearby traffic.
What appears in frame: A white superstructure, blue hull, yellow stripe, mast, funnel and bow wave stand against evergreen shoreline and mountain slopes.
Film character: Soft detail, muted blue-green color, grain, specks and fine vertical marks accompany slight handheld drift in this projected-film capture.
Edit role: Works as a transport cutaway or a brief transition between coastal landscapes and scenes aboard a boat.
Historical context: The visible passenger vessel places maritime travel beside a forested mountain coast, while the images leave its operator, departure point and destination unidentified.
Research note: Vessel lettering is indistinct and no faces are discernible; copyright licensing remains separate from any applicable vessel-property or trademark permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1977 passenger ferry home movies, likely Alaska coastal travel, and small-gauge footage of ships beside wooded islands.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Sitka cathedral, ceremonial canoe and fishing-boat scenes, then with likely Alaska coastal views from circa 1977 and other passenger-transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Likely Alaska, circa 1977: a left-facing passenger ferry crosses coastal water below a broad mountain slope. — The ferry's white decks and tall mast rise above a blue hull, with white water along the bow.
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Likely Alaska, circa 1977: the broadside ferry passes a wooded point, showing lifeboats, rows of windows and a dark funnel. — A wooded shoreline sits behind the ferry's bow as the vessel remains centered in the shot.
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Likely Alaska, circa 1977: a blue-hulled ferry runs beside evergreen forest, with a narrow white wave tracing its side. — The passing vessel fills the lower frame beneath forested shoreline and rounded mountain ridges.
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Likely Alaska, circa 1977: the ferry's stern nears the right edge while its white decks remain visible against forested mountains. — Late in the shot, the vessel stretches across the frame with bright water along its dark hull.
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