New York City-1964: Red Tugboat Docked At Waterfront With Industrial Ships In Background

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

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Red Tugboat Docked At Waterfront With Industrial Ships... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a red and white tugboat docked at a waterfront in New York City. The clip opens with a distant view of industrial ships and cranes along the harbor, then focuses on the tugboat, its bright red hull and white superstructure standing out against the water. The footage shows the vessel moored near a brick building with trees in the background, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century maritime life. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film edge borders enhance 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: 125499794

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: 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 1960s New York City harbor or maritime-industrial documentary sequences needing brief home-movie waterfront coverage.
Period detail: The tugboat styling, industrial ships, cranes, brick waterfront building, and faded 8mm color support a mid-1960s New York harbor setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor or passerby viewpoint, first taking in the harbor and then lingering on the docked red-and-white tugboat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include harbor water, industrial vessels, cranes, a red-and-white tugboat, brick waterfront architecture, trees, dock railings, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan has saturated but faded color, visible grain, soft focus, slight handheld instability, and dark 8mm frame borders that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short harbor insert, waterfront cutaway, transition between city and maritime scenes, or nostalgic memory beat.
Historical context: The clip visually places leisure-shot home-movie footage near working waterfront infrastructure, showing tugboat activity alongside industrial harbor surroundings.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable vessel names are apparent, but copyright, vessel identification, and any property issues should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 New York City tugboat footage, 8mm harbor home movies, vintage waterfront industrial ships, and mid-century maritime cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel waterfront shots, then other 1964 New York City harbor material, then broader tugboat, shipyard, or industrial-waterfront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 New York City harbor view with distant industrial vessels, cranes, water, and dark 8mm frame borders. — Industrial ships and cranes sit across the harbor in a distant opening view.

Red-and-white tugboat at a New York City waterfront dock in 1964, with brick building, trees, and water visible. — A red-and-white tugboat is seen close to the waterfront dock.

Side view of a red-and-white tugboat moored along the New York City waterfront, shot on 8mm film in 1964. — The camera settles on the tugboat's side profile against the waterfront background.

Close side view of the docked red-and-white tugboat at the 1964 New York City waterfront with water and trees behind. — The tugboat remains moored as the home-movie camera holds on its bright hull and cabin.

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