New York City USA-1976: Motorboat on Calm 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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Motorboat on Calm Waters — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1976 showing a classic white motorboat with an American flag and bunting sailing on calm waters in New York City. The grainy, color-bleached film captures the boat moving across the water with a distant shoreline visible, showcasing the nostalgic aesthetic of mid-1970s amateur film. The footage includes natural film artifacts like scratches and slight color shifts, typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. The scene evokes a peaceful day on the water, with the boat navigating gently through the waves under an overcast sky.

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: 121094931

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: 1970s 8mm home-movie footage suited to documentary or editorial needs for a quiet New York City boating cutaway, waterfront atmosphere, or period leisure insert.
Period detail: The white motorboat with an American flag and decorative bunting may show mid-1970s recreational harbor style, supported by the 1976 metadata and the visible amateur film texture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor-shot perspective from the water, following a passing boat without posed action or visible subjects.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorboat, American flag, string bunting, small trailing craft or float, rippled water, hazy shoreline, overcast sky, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, blue-purple color shift, visible grain, vertical scratches, gate edges, and slight handheld drift consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief waterfront insert, memory beat, transition between New York travel scenes, or period cutaway for recreational boating.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday leisure on New York City waters in the 1970s without identifying a specific landmark, event, marina, or named vessel from the available frames.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or clearly identifiable private property are visible, but copyright, location, vessel identity, and any incidental property concerns should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1976 New York City 8mm boat footage, 1970s harbor home movie, vintage motorboat on water, American flag boat, and archival waterfront cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1976 New York City waterfront material, then broader 1970s boating or seaside home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 New York City 8mm frame showing a white motorboat partly cropped at right, rippled harbor water, and a hazy distant shoreline. — Motorboat passing across the water.

1976 New York City 8mm frame with a white motorboat carrying an American flag and string bunting on rippled water, with shoreline in the distance. — Decorated motorboat on New York City waters.

1976 New York City 8mm frame showing a decorated white motorboat centered on the water, with a small trailing object and hazy shoreline behind it. — White motorboat centered in the harbor view.

1976 New York City 8mm frame with a blurred white motorboat and another nearby vessel on open water, seen through soft handheld film motion. — Boats drifting through a soft 8mm frame.

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