New York City-1954: Sailboats and Motorboats on River in New York City

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

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Sailboats and Motorboats on River in New York City — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a serene day on a river in New York City. Several small boats, including sailboats and motorboats, are moored or gently moving across the water. In the background, a tree-lined shore and early high-rise buildings define the urban landscape under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. The footage has a distinct blue color cast and soft focus typical of 8mm film from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century recreational boating and city life.

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: 123381002

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1950s New York City waterfront home-movie footage for projects needing mid-century recreational boating, urban shoreline atmosphere, or brief river cutaways.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century small craft near a tree-lined New York City shore, with distant apartment or institutional buildings visible beyond the water.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes boats from a distance in an unstaged home-movie view, emphasizing a quiet leisure scene rather than identifiable participants.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include small sailboats, motorboats, open water, a tree-lined shoreline, distant buildings, blue sky, scattered clouds, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has a pronounced blue color cast, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and the rounded frame edges of projected home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, waterfront transition, recreational boating cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a New York sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places leisure boating beside an urban shoreline, suggesting how waterfront recreation and city residential views coexisted in the 1950s.
Research note: People appear only as small distant figures on boats, so likeness risk may be low, but copyright, location, and any vessel ownership questions still need review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s New York City waterfront, 8mm home movie boats on river, mid-century sailboats, urban shoreline recreation, and vintage boating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with other 1954 New York City waterfront shots, then with broader mid-century boating or leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 New York City 8mm frame showing sailboats and a low motorboat on the river, with trees and distant buildings along the shore. — Small boats sit or move on the river near a tree-lined New York City shoreline.

1954 New York City waterfront frame with small recreational boats on the river and a wooded urban shoreline in the background. — Recreational boats cross or rest on the water below distant trees and city buildings.

1954 New York City 8mm frame showing a cluster of small boats on the river with trees and taller buildings in the background. — A cluster of boats appears against a wooded shoreline and distant city buildings.

Wide 1954 New York City river view with multiple small boats spread across the water and a distant urban shoreline under a blue sky. — Many small boats are scattered across the river in a wide waterfront view.

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