New York City-1954: Man Kayaking Amongst Ships in Harbor

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

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Man Kayaking Amongst Ships in Harbor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a man kayaking on a calm, sun-drenched harbor. The footage, framed by dark borders, shows a shirtless man paddling a blue kayak across deep blue water, with numerous boats and yachts scattered across the bay. In the distance, a tree-lined shore and faint city buildings are visible under a bright sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, candid quality, offering a glimpse into mid-century recreational life and waterfront leisure.

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: 123381015

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s New York City harbor home-movie footage for documentary inserts on waterfront recreation, boating, leisure travel, or mid-century urban coastal life.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century recreational boating through small craft, anchored yachts, open water, and distant low-rise shoreline forms visible in the 1954 home-movie frames.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged shoreline view of a lone shirtless paddler moving through a busy harbor while the camera observes from land.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue harbor water, a man in a kayak, oars, moored boats, yachts, distant shoreline, bright sky, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries dense blue color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight exposure variation consistent with small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for recreation, travel, harbor activity, or New York waterfront sequences.
Historical context: The scene gives social context for informal leisure on urban water, showing small personal craft sharing a harbor with larger pleasure boats.
Research note: A visible adult appears in the kayak, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from likeness or property considerations.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s New York harbor kayaking, vintage 8mm boating footage, home movie waterfront recreation, and mid-century harbor leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then 1954 New York City waterfront material, then broader boating, kayaking, harbor, and summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 New York City harbor view with pleasure boats on blue water and a distant tree-lined shore, framed by dark 8mm film borders. — Pleasure boats sit across the harbor with shoreline visible in the distance.

1954 New York City harbor footage showing yachts and small boats spread across blue water with a low shoreline beyond. — Yachts and smaller boats are scattered across the sunlit harbor.

A shirtless adult man paddles a blue kayak across New York City harbor water in this 1954 8mm home-movie frame. — A lone kayaker moves across the foreground water near the shore.

A shirtless adult kayaker is seen from behind on blue harbor water, with distant boats and shoreline visible in 1954 New York City footage. — The kayaker continues across the harbor while boats remain in the distance.

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