New York City USA-1976: City Lake Overview

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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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City Lake Overview — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1976 showing a hazy, overcast view of the New York City skyline from a moving boat on the water. The grainy, blue-tinted film captures silhouetted skyscrapers and several ships navigating the harbor. The camera moves steadily, offering a panoramic perspective of the urban landscape and waterfront activity. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics with film grain, soft focus, and a nostalgic, archival quality. This authentic slice of 1970s Americana is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content.

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: 121094358

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: 1970s 8mm harbor and skyline material for productions needing an archival New York City waterfront overview from a moving boat.
Period detail: The frames show a hazy urban skyline, working harbor traffic, a sailboat, and an American flag in soft 1970s home-movie color supported by the supplied 1976 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor-shot boat ride, observing the city and water traffic from deck level without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include silhouetted high-rise buildings, open water, distant boats, a passing sailboat, harbor structures, an American flag, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm footage carries coarse grain, blue-gray color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld motion consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, harbor transition, waterfront cutaway, or memory beat for 1970s New York City material.
Historical context: The clip visually places New York City within an active harbor setting, emphasizing waterborne movement and skyline scale rather than street-level life.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private interiors are visible in the supplied frames, but users should still assess copyright, location context, and any vessel or flag identification needs for their use.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1976 8mm New York City skyline from boat, 1970s harbor home movie, hazy NYC waterfront overview, and vintage boat ride skyline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1976 New York City waterfront clips, then with broader 1970s harbor, boat travel, or skyline overview material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Hazy 1976 New York City skyline seen across open water from a moving boat, with silhouetted buildings and soft blue-gray 8mm grain. — Distant skyline over the harbor.

A hazy harbor view toward New York City in 1976, with low distant buildings, small vessels, and open water filmed through soft 8mm exposure. — Boats moving before a hazy skyline.

A sailboat passes close to the camera on New York City harbor, blurred by boat motion and soft 8mm focus against a pale skyline distance. — Passing sailboat on the harbor.

An American flag near the camera frames the 1976 New York City harbor view, with open water, distant boats, and low waterfront structures beyond. — American flag and harbor traffic.

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