New York City USA-1976: Person Recording A Large Sailing Ship At 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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Person Recording A Large Sailing Ship At Sea — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1976 showing a large three-masted sailing ship gliding across the water in New York City. The clip, captured on film, displays a distinct blue color cast and visible grain, with a small motorboat passing in the foreground. The city skyline is faintly visible in the background under a bright sky, conveying a nostalgic, retro atmosphere typical of personal archival recordings from the era.

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: 121095152

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 New York City waterfront archive requests needing visitor-shot 8mm footage of a tall sailing ship on open water for documentary, museum, or period atmosphere use.
Period detail: The visible blue-tinted 8mm frames show a large multi-masted sailing ship, small motorboat, harbor water, and faint distant skyline consistent with the supplied 1976 New York City metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a person filming from shore or a vessel as the sailing ship passes across the harbor in a brief observational home-movie moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include choppy water, a three-masted sailing ship, a small motorboat in the foreground, faint shoreline or skyline shapes, bright sky, a small flag, and dark frame-edge obstructions from the film scan or camera position.
Film character: The footage carries a blue color cast, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, scratches, and slight handheld instability that give it the texture of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, harbor transition, maritime cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a 1970s New York City sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents a recreational or public harbor view rather than an identifiable event, with the sailing ship and pleasure craft suggesting waterfront activity in the supplied New York City setting.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible in the provided frames, but users should still separately assess copyright, vessel identification, location context, and any property or event permissions required for their use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1970s New York City 8mm harbor footage, vintage sailing ship on water, home movie tall ship, blue cast Super 8 waterfront, and archival motorboat foreground.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1976 New York City waterfront footage, and then with broader vintage harbor, sailing ship, or maritime travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 New York City 8mm frame showing a large three-masted sailing ship moving across harbor water, with a small motorboat passing in front and faint shoreline shapes behind. — Tall sailing ship and small motorboat on the harbor.

1976 New York City 8mm frame with a tall sailing ship seen at a distance on blue harbor water, faint shoreline behind it, and dark scan or camera-edge shadows at the sides. — Sailing ship passing across distant harbor water.

1976 New York City 8mm frame showing the sailing ship low on the horizon, a small motorboat in the foreground, blue water, bright sky, and soft film grain. — Tall ship and motorboat under bright sky.

1976 New York City 8mm frame with the sailing ship near the horizon, a small motorboat crossing the foreground, faint city or shoreline forms in back, and visible film wear. — Harbor view with tall ship, motorboat, and distant shoreline.

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