New York City-1958: A Green Hat Rotates In Front Of A Boat Floating In A Large Bay

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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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A Green Hat Rotates In Front Of A Boat Floating In A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a serene maritime scene from New York City. A silhouetted figure in a green hat appears in the foreground, partially obscuring the view of a large ship floating in a calm bay. The footage, shot through a window frame, shows the vessel moving across the water with distant hills on the horizon. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a nostalgic, archival feel, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 124558364

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 City home-movie waterfront footage for projects needing a brief maritime travel view with foreground passenger perspective.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century harbor travel through its 8mm color stock, ship silhouettes, window framing, and a hat partially blocking the bay view.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal passenger viewpoint, with the camera accepting the hat, window frame, and passing boat as part of the moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm blue water, a distant ship, low hills or shoreline, dark window bars, a green hat, and a small workboat.
Film character: The footage has saturated blue color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a harbor cutaway, travel transition, memory beat, or brief insert between New York waterfront scenes.
Historical context: The view places a casual observer on or behind a window looking across a busy bay, suggesting everyday maritime movement rather than a staged scene.
Research note: A person is partially visible as a silhouette or hat shape, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Search matches include 1958 New York City 8mm harbor, home movie bay ship, passenger window waterfront, and vintage boat cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel harbor shots, then other 1958 New York City waterfront footage, then broader mid-century ship and bay travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 New York City 8mm frame looking through a window past a dark hat silhouette toward boats on a calm bay. — A hat silhouette blocks part of a harbor view with small boats and distant land.

A large ship appears across the bay in this 1958 New York City home-movie view framed by a window and hat edge. — A ship is seen across the water through a dark window frame.

The bay view shows a large ship, distant hillside, and foreground green hat in 1958 New York City 8mm footage. — A foreground hat and window frame partly cover a ship on the bay.

A 1958 New York City harbor view holds on open water and distant land while a foreground hat remains at the lower edge. — The ship has moved out of frame, leaving open water, hillside, and foreground hat.

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