Lynbrook New York-1973: Bustling Harbor with Industrial Buildings and Boats

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationLynbrook, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Bustling Harbor with Industrial Buildings and Boats — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a hazy, panoramic view of Lynbrook, New York's harbor. The footage, marked by classic Super 8 grain and a distinct teal color cast, shows a wide expanse of water with industrial buildings, cranes, and smokestacks lining the shore. A small boat moves across the water, while the distant cityscape fades into the mist. The camera pans slowly, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-20th century American waterfront life, with visible film scratches and wear adding to its authentic archival quality.

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: 123555205

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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 1012 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: swimming
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1973 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: Lynbrook, 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: 1970s 8mm waterfront footage for documentary or editorial sequences needing a hazy industrial harbor view from Long Island-area home movies.
Period detail: The frames may show 1970s industrial waterfront infrastructure, with low shoreline buildings, vertical stacks, rail-like foreground lines, and a small boat on the water.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a home-movie pan, recording a distant harbor scene without staged action or identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open water, a small boat, industrial buildings, smokestacks or poles, shoreline structures, foreground rails, haze, and heavy film borders.
Film character: The scan carries soft 8mm grain, teal color shift, haze, dust marks, scratches, and uneven exposure that give the waterfront view a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short establishing insert, transitional cutaway, or memory beat for 1970s harbor, industry, or Long Island shoreline material.
Historical context: The view documents a working waterfront landscape as seen from a distance, emphasizing water, shoreline infrastructure, and atmospheric haze rather than individual activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any property or industrial-site concerns should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s 8mm harbor view, Lynbrook New York waterfront, industrial shoreline home movie, hazy harbor pan, and vintage Long Island waterway footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1973 Lynbrook or New York waterfront footage, then with broader industrial harbor and small-boat scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm frame from Lynbrook, New York, showing a soft hazy harbor view with distant industrial shoreline features and visible film wear. — A distant harbor scene appears through haze, framed by dark 8mm borders and surface marks.

1973 Lynbrook harbor frame with water, low industrial shoreline buildings, vertical stacks or poles, and teal-tinted 8mm texture. — Industrial waterfront details become clearer across the water, with rail-like foreground lines below.

A 1973 8mm Lynbrook waterfront frame shows a small boat on the water below a hazy industrial shoreline. — A small boat crosses the lower water while distant shoreline structures fade into haze.

1973 Lynbrook harbor frame showing water, low waterfront structures, vertical poles or stacks, and the soft teal cast of 8mm film. — The pan settles on a denser section of shoreline infrastructure across the water.

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