New York City USA-1976: A Small Boat Passes In Front Of A United States Of

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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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A Small Boat Passes In Front Of A United States Of — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1976 in New York City shows a small sailboat adorned with numerous international signal flags sailing across choppy waters. The camera follows the boat as it passes in front of a large United States Navy warship, its dark hull and superstructure visible against a gray sky. The grainy, slightly blurry image captures the authentic look of 1970s amateur film, with the ship's number partially visible on the bow. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of maritime activity and naval presence in New York Harbor during the mid-1970s.

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: 121094268

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

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: Useful for 1970s documentary or educational edits needing New York Harbor home-movie footage of small craft moving near a United States Navy warship.
Period detail: The 8mm color image, signal flags on the small sailboat, gray harbor water, and dark naval hull support a mid-1970s maritime setting consistent with the supplied 1976 New York City metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor-shot perspective from a moving or unsteady vantage point, following harbor traffic rather than presenting a formal naval record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small sailboat with many signal flags, choppy harbor water, distant boats, a large dark Navy ship, a partially visible hull number, and a pale gray sky.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, muted color, intermittent blur, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture from an amateur home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime cutaway, harbor transition, naval-presence insert, or brief memory beat within a 1970s New York sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places recreational or ceremonial small-boat activity near a naval vessel in New York Harbor without confirming a specific event beyond the supplied location and year.
Research note: No people, children, brands, or audible music are flagged, but the Navy vessel markings and any copyright or governmental-use questions should be reviewed separately from likeness or private-property concerns.
Research search match: Relevant search phrases include 1976 New York Harbor 8mm footage, small sailboat with signal flags, United States Navy warship home movie, and 1970s harbor boat traffic.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1976 New York City harbor material, and then with broader 1970s maritime or Navy ship cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1976 New York City harbor footage, a small sailboat decorated with many signal flags passes among other boats on gray, choppy water. — Flag-covered sailboat on choppy harbor water.

A handheld 8mm frame shows rough harbor water close to the dark side of a United States Navy ship, with part of a white hull number visible. — Close view of warship hull beside rough water.

The bow and forward side of a large dark Navy vessel fill the frame, with partial white hull numbering visible against a pale sky. — Large naval vessel bow with partial hull number.

A soft, handheld 8mm view frames the bow and upper structure of a large Navy ship in New York Harbor, with the hull number only partly legible. — Soft-focus view of Navy ship bow.

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