Albany New York-1964: Motorboat Navigating Choppy Water

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationAlbany, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 New York

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Motorboat Navigating Choppy Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a small motorboat navigating choppy waters under daylight. The footage, likely filmed in Albany, New York, shows the boat moving across the water with whitecaps and ripples, creating a sense of motion and adventure. The dark shoreline is visible in the background, and the film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, with deep blues and bright whites. This archival clip evokes nostalgia and is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or editorial content about mid-century American 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: 123810064

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 1070 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: worlds fair
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1964 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: Albany, 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: 1960s 8mm home-movie boating footage for documentary inserts, regional waterway references, or mid-century recreational cutaways.
Period detail: The small motorboat, saturated blue water, and soft 8mm color may show a mid-1960s amateur filming perspective near Albany, New York.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, with the camera holding on a boat crossing choppy water rather than presenting a composed travel view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat, choppy blue water, whitecaps, a dark distant shoreline, bright reflected foam, and frame-edge film borders.
Film character: The scan shows dense 8mm grain, blue-biased color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a waterway insert, transitional travel beat, outdoor recreation cutaway, or brief memory cue within a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The scene places a small leisure or utility boat on open water, offering modest visual context for outdoor boating in a mid-century home-movie record.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright status and exact waterway identification should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1964 Albany New York 8mm boat footage, vintage home movie waterway, small motorboat on choppy water, and 1960s boating cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Albany or 1964 footage, and then with broader boating, waterways, or outdoor recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm frame from Albany, New York metadata showing a small motorboat on rough blue water with white foam and a distant dark shore. — A small motorboat moves across choppy water with whitecaps and a dark shore in the distance.

1964 Albany-area 8mm frame showing a small motorboat amid rippled blue water, white foam, and a dark horizontal shoreline. — The boat sits against textured blue water, with bands of foam and a dark shore beyond.

1964 8mm home-movie frame showing a small motorboat on choppy water near Albany, with white foreground foam and a distant shore. — White foam cuts across the foreground as the motorboat travels through rough water.

1964 Albany, New York 8mm frame showing a small motorboat low in the frame, surrounded by rough water and bright foam. — The boat remains visible amid bright foam patterns and dark blue water near the end of the clip.

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