Catskill New York-1957: Family Boat Trip Approaching Passenger Ship

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationCatskill, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Catskill New York

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Family Boat Trip Approaching Passenger Ship — Clip Details

CATSKILL NEW YORK-1957: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a sunny day on the water, featuring a woman in a green headscarf and sunglasses smiling as she rides in a small boat. A man in a white shirt is seen from behind, looking out at a large passenger ship docked at a pier. The footage shows the boat approaching the vessel, with the ship's structure and the waterfront visible in the distance. Shot on 8mm film, this clip offers authentic 1950s Americana with natural color and film grain, perfect for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 123442910

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: 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 1256 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #8
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1957 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: Catskill, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fills 1950s American leisure and travel requests; suits documentaries on postwar passenger shipping, Hudson Valley recreation, or vacation home-movie montages.
Period detail: The woman's green headscarf, the man's white short-sleeve shirt, and the passenger ship's tiered upper-deck profile all align with late-1950s American waterway recreation.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from inside the moving small boat, the camera follows the passenger ship in an unhurried, personal way that conveys genuine excitement of a family outing on the water.
What appears in frame: Small motorboat interior, man in white shirt seen from behind, woman in green headscarf, choppy blue harbour water, large white-superstructure passenger ship, dock and pier structure, hazy blue sky.
Film character: Mild 8mm grain and warm colour saturation give the footage a Kodachrome feel typical of late-1950s amateur colour film, with slight softness from handheld motion on open water.
Edit role: Works as a POV approach shot establishing the scale of the passenger ship, or as a cutaway from pier-side coverage; the close passenger detail in the opening frame can lead into wide harbour shots.
Historical context: Passenger ship leisure excursions were popular in the late 1950s before commercial aviation reshaped travel; this domestic waterway outing reflects postwar American family vacation habits.
Research note: Identifiable adult faces may be present in the boat; no vessel name or markings are legible in the sampled frames, but ship identity should be verified before editorial use; standard home-movie privacy cautions apply.
Research search match: Researchers may query: 1950s boat trip home movie, passenger ship approach small boat, vintage harbour excursion 1957, postwar family vacation waterway, or Hudson Valley New York harbour footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this reel or vacation set; then with 1950s New York harbour or Hudson Valley footage; then with postwar American family travel or ocean liner themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two passengers in a small motorboat on a harbour, possibly Catskill area, New York, ca. 1957; man seen from behind, woman in green headscarf alongside. — Two passengers in a small motorboat, waterfront and pier visible in the background.

Large passenger vessel at a harbour pier viewed from a small motorboat, ca. 1957; no vessel name legible in frame. — A large passenger ship at a harbour pier, seen from the approaching small boat.

Wide view of a large passenger vessel at a harbour pier, seen from a moving small boat, ca. 1957 New York. — Passenger ship and harbour pier seen across the water from the small boat.

Passenger vessel at harbour pier on closer approach, ca. 1957; person in boat visible at lower right corner of frame. — Closing approach to the large passenger ship, harbour pier visible behind.

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