New York City-1958: Soldiers on Ship Deck Preparing for Departure

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 New York City

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Soldiers on Ship Deck Preparing for Departure — Clip Details

NEW YORK CITY-1958: Soldiers in olive drab uniforms and military caps stand on a ship's deck, viewed from a dark interior. An American flag flies on a pole against a pale blue sky. The men appear to be preparing for departure or arrival, with some looking out over the water. The scene shifts to a view of the ocean, where a tugboat and other vessels are visible on the horizon, suggesting a naval port. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays characteristic grain, color fading, and a slightly soft focus, capturing a moment of military life in the late 1950s.

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: 124558337

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 1256 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #8
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1958 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 military departure or harbor travel footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing real 8mm shipboard atmosphere.
Period detail: Olive drab uniforms, military caps, an American flag, and working harbor vessels may show late-1950s military movement through a New York City port setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a dark shipboard interior or sheltered passage, giving the scene an unstaged passenger or family-travel viewpoint rather than official coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include uniformed men, military caps, a ship railing, an American flag, dark interior framing, open water, a tugboat, and distant harbor craft.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture of the moment.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat between scenes about military travel, embarkation, harbor movement, or postwar-era New York.
Historical context: The clip visually places uniformed men and working vessels in a busy harbor environment, suggesting ordinary military transit without confirming a specific mission or event.
Research note: People in uniform and faces are visible, so copyright status should be assessed separately from likeness, military context, and any publication or privacy considerations.
Research search match: Useful researcher searches include 1958 New York City harbor 8mm, soldiers boarding ship home movie, military men on deck, American flag shipboard, and tugboat harbor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 New York City harbor footage, then broader 1950s military travel or shipboard home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 New York City harbor footage shows uniformed men crowded on a ship deck, viewed through dark interior framing with a flag and shoreline beyond. — Uniformed men gather on deck as a flag flies above the harbor.

Uniformed men on a ship deck are partially obscured by dark framing, with an American flag and harbor shoreline visible behind them. — Men in uniform stand near the railing with the harbor behind them.

A tugboat and distant vessels cross New York City harbor, viewed from a dark shipboard opening in soft 8mm color. — A tugboat passes through the harbor below the shipboard viewpoint.

The harbor view shows a tugboat, distant ships, blue water, and dark shipboard edges framing the scene in 1958 New York City footage. — Harbor traffic appears through the dark frame of the ship.

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