New York City USA-1976: Coast Guard Boats on Choppy Waters

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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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Coast Guard Boats on Choppy Waters — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from New York City, USA, in June 1976, showing a dramatic maritime scene on choppy waters. Several boats, including what appears to be a Coast Guard vessel, navigate rough seas under an overcast sky. The footage, captured through a window frame, exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, conveying a sense of urgency and historical authenticity. The scene captures a moment of maritime activity, possibly a rescue or patrol, with vessels moving across the turbulent water. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1970s coastal life and emergency response operations, ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 121094178

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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Archival 1970s New York City maritime footage suited to documentary sequences needing rough harbor water, small craft, and possible emergency or patrol activity.
Period detail: The footage is supported by metadata as June 1976 New York City home-movie material, while the visible frames mainly show choppy water, distant boats, and soft color typical of small-gauge film.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer perspective, apparently filmed from behind or through a window-like frame as boats move across rough water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rolling dark water, distant boats, a larger vessel or pier-like structure on the horizon, white wakes, hazy sky, and black frame edges from the shooting position or contact sheet.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, muted blue-gray color, handheld instability, and uneven exposure that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or tension-building cutaway for harbor weather, marine response, or 1970s coastal memory sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects small-craft activity on rough urban coastal waters without enough visible detail to confirm a specific incident or operation.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible in the supplied frames, but any Coast Guard or incident identification should be independently verified and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1976 New York City harbor rough seas, 8mm home movie boats in choppy water, and 1970s maritime patrol or rescue cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1976 New York City waterfront material, and then with broader rough-sea, harbor, boat, or emergency-response archive themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 1976 New York City home-movie frame showing rough harbor water with indistinct distant vessels or shoreline forms under a hazy sky. — Blurred distant boats beyond choppy water.

1976 New York City maritime frame with a small white boat crossing rough water and a larger distant vessel or harbor structure near the horizon. — Small boat crossing rough harbor water.

Home-movie view of rolling blue-gray harbor water with distant white wakes and indistinct boats near the horizon. — White wakes across rolling water.

Wide 1976 New York City harbor view showing rough water, distant white wakes, and a pale hazy sky with no visible people. — Choppy harbor water and distant wakes.

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