New York City-1954: Grainy Distant View Of The Statue Of Liberty From Across The Water

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 NYC

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Grainy Distant View Of The Statue Of Liberty From Across... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this grainy home movie captures a distant, hazy view of the Statue of Liberty from across the water. The iconic monument stands on its island, its torch raised against a pale sky, with a barge and smaller boats visible in the foreground. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—soft focus, color fading, and film grain—offering a nostalgic glimpse of New York City from a bygone era. The dark frame borders suggest the clip was filmed through a window or viewfinder.

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: 123380853

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: 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 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York City, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s New York City documentary requests needing a brief home-movie view of the Statue of Liberty from across the harbor.
Period detail: The distant monument, working water traffic, faded color, and 8mm home-movie framing support a mid-1950s visitor perspective on New York Harbor.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a visitor-shot landmark glimpse, held from far across the water rather than staged for formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Statue of Liberty, harbor water, a low barge, smaller boats, distant shoreline trees, pale sky, and dark film frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, light haze, color fading, grain, and slight frame-edge intrusion give the footage a physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, memory beat, harbor cutaway, or transition into mid-century New York material.
Historical context: The view places the Statue of Liberty within everyday harbor traffic, showing the landmark as seen from a distant public vantage point.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still review copyright, landmark use, and project-specific property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm Statue of Liberty footage, distant New York Harbor view, home movie landmark shot, and vintage NYC water traffic.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1954 New York City harbor views, then broader 1950s landmark and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 8mm view of the Statue of Liberty seen across New York Harbor, with a low barge and pale sky in soft focus. — The Statue of Liberty appears far across the water behind a passing barge.

Distant 1954 New York Harbor view showing the Statue of Liberty, a barge, smaller boats, and faded 8mm color. — Boats move across the foreground while the Statue of Liberty stands in the distance.

1954 home-movie frame with the Statue of Liberty in the distance, harbor water in front, and small craft near the shoreline. — A distant harbor shot centers the Statue of Liberty beyond low boats and water.

Faded 1954 8mm view of the Statue of Liberty from across New York Harbor, with boats and shoreline trees below a pale sky. — The final frame holds on the Statue of Liberty across the harbor, framed by dark film edges.

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