New York City USA-1976: American Flag On A Boat On The Water

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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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American Flag On A Boat On The Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1976 showing an American flag waving on a boat in New York City waters. The grainy, color-saturated film captures a sunny day on the water with a large sailing ship and other vessels in the distance. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality with visible film grain and a dark vignette frame, evoking classic American summer travel and patriotic maritime scenes.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121094502

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: Useful 1970s New York City harbor footage for productions needing patriotic boat-based travel atmosphere, maritime cutaways, or home-movie views of American waterfront leisure.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage shows period home-movie handling, a boat-mounted American flag, outboard motor markings, small leisure vessels, and a large sailing ship visible on the water in the distance.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor-shot perspective from a moving boat, emphasizing casual sightseeing and the filmer’s attention to the flag, nearby vessels, and harbor traffic.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an American flag at the stern area of a boat, rippling harbor water, an outboard motor with numerals, small passenger boats, distant shoreline, and a large multi-masted sailing ship.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm color look with visible grain, handheld framing, slight exposure variation, gate shadows, and dark rounded frame edges from the physical film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, patriotic transition, harbor travel cutaway, or memory beat between broader New York City waterfront sequences.
Historical context: The images place American flag imagery within a leisure-boating and sightseeing context on New York City waters during the 1970s, without identifying a specific event from the frames alone.
Research note: People appear small and not individually identifiable in the boating scene, while visible motor numerals or markings and vessel designs should be reviewed separately from copyright, likeness, and property considerations.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1970s 8mm New York City harbor home movie, American flag on boat, vintage sailing ship on water, and patriotic maritime travel 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 patriotic boating, harbor sightseeing, and vintage travel themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 8mm home-movie frame from New York City waters showing an American flag on a boat, choppy harbor water, distant vessels, and part of an outboard motor. — American flag aboard a boat on New York City waters.

1976 New York City harbor home-movie frame with an American flag in the foreground, open water, a distant vessel, and a partial outboard motor at the right edge. — Flag and harbor traffic seen from a moving boat.

1976 8mm frame on New York City waters showing a small passenger boat with people aboard and a large multi-masted sailing ship farther across the harbor. — Small boat and distant sailing ship on the harbor.

1976 New York City harbor frame showing a small boat with passengers at left, a large multi-masted sailing ship in the distance, and sunlit water under a pale sky. — Harbor sightseeing boat with sailing ship beyond.

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