New York City-1954: Statue of Liberty Viewed from Water

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

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Statue of Liberty Viewed from Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures the Statue of Liberty from a distance across the water, viewed through a window frame. The iconic landmark stands on its island under a hazy sky, with a barge visible in the foreground. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, faded blue and purple color tones, film grain, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American travel memory.

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: 123380873

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s New York City archive requests needing a brief visitor-shot Statue of Liberty view from the water for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The distant harbor view, muted color, and 8mm home-movie framing support a mid-1950s travel-film context without adding detail beyond the landmark, water, vessel, and hazy skyline.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged tourist viewpoint, watching the Statue of Liberty from across the water through a dark window or boat-frame edge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island shoreline, open harbor water, a low red barge, distant buildings, pale sky, and dark vertical frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, faded blue-purple color, light grain, dust specks, and gentle handheld or boat-borne movement as part of its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, transition, travel-memory beat, or cutaway for mid-century New York harbor sequences.
Historical context: The footage places a familiar public monument within a casual visitor record of New York Harbor, emphasizing distance, atmosphere, and travel observation rather than ceremony or crowds.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any location or monument-use requirements for their production context.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm Statue of Liberty footage, New York Harbor home movie, vintage Liberty Island view, and mid-century NYC travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1954 New York City or harbor footage, and finally with broader vintage American travel or landmark material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 8mm view of the Statue of Liberty from across New York Harbor, seen through dark vertical window or film-frame edges. — The Statue of Liberty appears across hazy harbor water with a low vessel in the foreground.

Distant 1954 New York Harbor view of the Statue of Liberty, with a red barge crossing the water and softened 8mm color. — A barge sits in the harbor foreground below the distant Statue of Liberty.

1954 home-movie frame showing the Statue of Liberty from the water, with a low barge and faded blue-purple 8mm tones. — The landmark remains centered in a soft, distant harbor view with a barge nearby.

Final 1954 8mm frame of the Statue of Liberty across New York Harbor, with water, shoreline, and a red barge visible. — A hazy harbor view holds on the Statue of Liberty with a vessel along the waterline.

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