New York City-1954: Staten Island Ferry Crossing Lower Manhattan Bay

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

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Staten Island Ferry Crossing Lower Manhattan Bay — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a hazy view of the Staten Island Ferry sailing across Lower Manhattan Bay. The footage, framed by the dark edges of a window or viewfinder, shows the ferry moving from left to right, its hull marked with 'MARINE & AVIATION'. In the distance, the Verrazano Bridge appears as a faint silhouette through the mist. The image is soft, grainy, and slightly blurred, with visible film scratches and a blueish tint characteristic of mid-century home movies. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of New York City's transportation and skyline in the 1950s.

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: 123380914

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: Yes
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: Useful for 1950s New York City transportation requests needing a brief home-movie view of a ferry crossing hazy harbor water.
Period detail: The ferry lettering, 8mm color stock, soft exposure, and waterfront view support a mid-century New York harbor setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, framed through dark window or viewfinder edges while watching the ferry and distant harbor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Staten Island Ferry, open water, pale sky, distant shoreline, faint bridge-like forms, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, bluish color drift, haze, scratches, and slight blur that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short transportation insert, harbor transition, New York memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway.
Historical context: The view places public ferry travel within a misty Lower New York Bay setting without showing crowds or identifiable passengers.
Research note: No people are visible, but ferry lettering and possible public-agency markings should be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1950s 8mm New York harbor ferry footage, Staten Island Ferry home movie, and hazy Lower Manhattan Bay views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1954 New York City harbor material, then mid-century ferry and waterfront transportation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950s New York harbor home-movie frame showing a Staten Island Ferry moving across hazy water with lettering on its side. — A ferry passes through a hazy harbor view framed by dark window or viewfinder edges.

Soft 8mm view across New York harbor water toward a distant shoreline and faint bridge-like forms in heavy haze. — The ferry has moved out of frame, leaving a misty view across open harbor water.

Washed, bluish 8mm frame of harbor water and a distant shoreline with faint vertical structures barely visible through haze. — A washed-out harbor view shows faint shoreline structures through mist and film softness.

Final 1950s harbor frame showing open water, pale sky, and barely visible distant bridge-like forms through bluish haze. — The clip ends on a soft, hazy view across the harbor toward distant structures.

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