New York City USA-1976: An Old Wooden Masted Ship Sailing Out To A Calm Sea

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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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An Old Wooden Masted Ship Sailing Out To A Calm Sea — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from New York City, 1976, showing a large wooden masted sailing ship with multiple sails navigating calm waters. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film scratches are characteristic of 8mm home movie film. A smaller sailboat appears in the foreground in later frames, with the city skyline faintly visible in the distance. The clip captures a nostalgic maritime scene with natural light and subtle camera movement, evoking a sense of historical leisure and maritime tradition.

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: 121094580

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 8mm home-movie footage suited to archival requests for harbor sailing scenes, tall ships, waterfront atmosphere, or maritime travel cutaways.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1970s harbor view, with a multi-masted sailing vessel, smaller boats, muted color, and distant shoreline forms consistent with visitor-shot New York City footage from the provided metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the handheld spectator viewpoint from shore or another vessel, watching a large sailing ship pass across calm water without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large multi-masted sailing ship under dark sails, calm harbor water, faint shoreline or skyline silhouettes, film-frame borders, a smaller sailboat mast in the foreground, and small indistinct people aboard a boat in later frames.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, uneven exposure, color fading, dust, and light leaks that give the footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, harbor transition, period travel cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1970s New York or sailing sequence.
Historical context: The scene places a traditional-looking sailing vessel within an urban harbor setting, suggesting public waterfront leisure or sightseeing rather than commercial shipping activity.
Research note: People appear only as small indistinct figures, but likeness review may still be needed, and copyright clearance should be considered separately from any location or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1976 New York City 8mm harbor footage, vintage tall ship sailing, home movie sailboat waterfront, and 1970s urban maritime scene.
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 1970s sailing, harbor, or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 New York City home-movie frame showing a large multi-masted sailing ship moving across calm harbor water with a faint distant shoreline. — Tall sailing ship on the harbor.

1976 New York City home-movie frame with heavy light exposure and a faint multi-masted ship visible near the harbor horizon. — Faint ship through light exposure.

1976 New York City home-movie frame showing a foreground sailboat mast and hull with a large multi-masted sailing ship farther out on calm water. — Foreground sailboat and tall ship beyond.

1976 New York City home-movie frame showing a small foreground sailboat with indistinct people aboard and a large multi-masted sailing ship behind it on harbor water. — Small sailboat passing the tall ship.

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