New York City USA-1976: Riding Past The Staten Island Ferry On A Boat In The

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 New York City

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Riding Past The Staten Island Ferry On A Boat In The — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1976 showing a view from a moving boat on the Hudson River in New York City. A yellow Staten Island Ferry is visible in the distance, passing by as the camera captures the water and distant shoreline. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, with a dark frame border suggesting a projector or viewer's perspective. The scene evokes a nostalgic summer day of sightseeing and transportation, with the iconic ferry serving as a landmark of NYC life.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121094112

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1976 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: New York City, New York, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s New York City home-movie footage useful for documentary requests involving harbor sightseeing, ferry traffic, and visitor views from a moving boat.
Period detail: The yellow Staten Island Ferry, soft color palette, 8mm frame edges, and handheld boat perspective support a mid-1970s New York harbor setting as described in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a passenger filming across the water from a sightseeing or transport boat, with brief glimpses of nearby passengers at the frame edge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include choppy harbor water, a yellow Staten Island Ferry in the distance, low shoreline structures, hazy sky, dark 8mm frame borders, and partial passenger forms near the camera.
Film character: The footage shows visible 8mm grain, mild color fading, soft focus, handheld movement, and slight motion blur that contribute to its archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short waterfront insert, travel transition, transportation cutaway, or memory beat within a 1970s New York sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually situates everyday harbor movement and ferry service within a visitor-shot view of New York City from the water.
Research note: Human review should note partial people visible near the camera, while the ferry and shoreline appear as public exterior views and no readable logos or private interiors are visible.
Research search match: Researchers may find this clip under searches for 1970s 8mm New York harbor footage, Staten Island Ferry from boat, Hudson River sightseeing, or vintage NYC ferry transportation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1976 New York City waterfront material, and then with broader vintage ferry, harbor, and sightseeing travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 New York City home-movie frame showing a yellow Staten Island Ferry across choppy harbor water, with a dark 8mm border and a partial passenger head near the camera. — Ferry seen across the water from a moving boat.

1976 New York City harbor view with a yellow Staten Island Ferry in the distance, rippled water in the foreground, and a partial passenger arm near the boat rail. — Staten Island Ferry passes in the distance.

Soft 8mm frame from a moving boat showing the yellow Staten Island Ferry near a low shoreline in New York City, with choppy blue water filling the foreground. — Ferry and shoreline across choppy harbor water.

1976 New York City boat-view frame looking over rippled harbor water toward a soft, distant shoreline after the ferry has moved out of the main view. — Water and shoreline from the moving boat.

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