New York City-1958: Military Man on Boat Deck Overlooking Ocean

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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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Military Man on Boat Deck Overlooking Ocean — Clip Details

A man in a military uniform stands silhouetted on a boat deck, gazing out over the open ocean in this 1958 8mm home movie. The footage captures the vast, textured sea under a muted sky, with the subject framed against the water. The final frames reveal a distant shoreline, suggesting arrival or departure. Shot on 8mm film, the clip features a distinct purple color cast, grain, and vintage imperfections, evoking a nostalgic, personal wartime travel memory.

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: 124558452

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: Useful for 1950s home-movie requests needing a military figure aboard a boat, ocean travel, or a brief arrival-departure mood for documentary and editorial use.
Period detail: The uniformed adult man and 8mm color stock may show late-1950s travel or service-related movement, with no visible insignia readable enough to identify branch or unit.
Home-movie behavior: The subject stands casually on deck while the camera observes from nearby, giving the scene an unstaged family-travel perspective rather than formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a silhouetted uniformed man, boat railing, open ocean, muted sky, dark film frame edges, distant shoreline, and clustered light buildings.
Film character: The clip has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld framing, purple-blue color shift, variable exposure, and gate-edge shadows that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, travel transition, military-life cutaway, or visual bridge from shipboard passage to an approaching coastline.
Historical context: The footage visually connects personal travel, maritime movement, and a uniformed adult figure in the late-1950s New York City metadata context without documenting a specific event.
Research note: A visible adult in military dress may require likeness and contextual review, while copyright and any location or property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1958 8mm military man on boat, New York City ocean travel home movie, uniformed man ship deck, and vintage shoreline from boat.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1958 New York City waterfront or boat footage, then with broader ocean travel and military home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A silhouetted adult man in military-style dress stands by a boat railing against the ocean in 1958 New York City home-movie footage. — Uniformed man stands on deck with open water behind him.

The adult man remains silhouetted on the boat deck, framed by railing and open ocean in the 1958 New York City clip metadata context. — Silhouetted uniformed figure remains near the boat railing at sea.

A distant shoreline and low cluster of buildings appear across the water, seen from a boat in the 1958 New York City home-movie clip. — A low shoreline comes into view across the water.

The final frame shows a distant coast and bright low buildings across the water, consistent with the clip's New York City 1958 travel metadata. — Coastline and buildings are visible beyond the water.

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