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New York City-1954: View Of An Expansive Ocean With A Lone Boat Floating Far

  • Year1954
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationNew York City, New York, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1954 NYC
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View Of An Expansive Ocean With A Lone Boat Floating Far — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of an expansive blue ocean from a moving vessel. A lone ferry or passenger boat floats in the distance, gradually receding as the camera pans across the water. The scene is framed by dark borders, with a hazy skyline of New York City buildings visible on the horizon. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and subtle film imperfections, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana offers a quiet, contemplative moment of travel and urban proximity.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123380812

Rights & Clearance

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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label
barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note
1953-1954
Reel-level location note
new york city
Date
1954 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
New York City, New York, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • ocean
  • blue
  • water
  • vast
  • expansive
  • boat
  • floating
  • view
  • lone
  • city
  • distance
  • objects
  • new york city buildings VIEWS trip
  • 1954 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • New York City waterfront
  • ocean view 1950s
  • vintage boat footage
  • archival 8mm
  • Super 8 film
  • historical water footage
  • 1950s travel footage
  • nostalgic boat journey
  • vintage city skyline
  • 8mm film grain
  • old film footage
  • vintage documentary
  • retro travel clip
  • historic New York
  • 1950s Americana
  • vintage water scene
  • old home movie
  • 8mm archival footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s New York harbor or waterfront travel requests needing a quiet home-movie establishing view from the water.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 8mm New York City harbor view with blue water, a distant passenger boat, and a hazy shoreline framed by film gate edges.
A passenger boat crosses distant blue harbor water with the shoreline faint on the horizon.

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