New York City-1964: Large Ship In Harbor And Top Of Tall Skyscraper

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

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Large Ship In Harbor And Top Of Tall Skyscraper — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a hazy, purple-tinted view of New York City. The sequence opens with a distant, grainy skyline featuring the Empire State Building's spire emerging through fog. The camera then focuses on the iconic skyscraper's silhouette against a muted sky. The final frames shift to a harbor scene with a large ship docked near industrial buildings, all rendered in the characteristic grain and color distortion of Super 8 film. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century New York, 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: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125499814

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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: Supports requests for 1960s New York City harbor and skyline atmosphere for documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing brief home-movie establishing material.
Period detail: The frames show a hazy distant skyscraper spire and a harbor ship scene that fit the supplied 1964 New York City metadata, with no visible signs or dated storefront detail.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot landmark perspective, with distant framing, soft focus, and quick attention shifts between skyline height and harbor activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall spired skyscraper silhouette, purple haze, dark film borders, harbor water, a large docked ship, masts or rigging, and blocky waterfront buildings.
Film character: The 8mm image has coarse grain, purple color shift, soft exposure, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical-film texture of a mid-century home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, transition beat, or memory cutaway linking New York skyline imagery with harbor and waterfront activity.
Historical context: The clip visually situates New York through skyline and harbor views, suggesting a city seen from a distance rather than a street-level social record.
Research note: No people, readable logos, or brands are visible, but landmark identification, property context, and copyright status should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1964 New York City 8mm skyline, Empire State Building silhouette, vintage harbor ship footage, and home movie waterfront cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel New York views, then with other 1964 New York City skyline or harbor clips, and then with broader 1960s urban waterfront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Distant New York City skyscraper spire, likely the Empire State Building, softened by haze in 1964 8mm home-movie footage. — A tall spired skyscraper emerges faintly through haze and purple film color shift.

Hazy 1964 New York City skyline detail with a tall spired skyscraper centered in a soft purple-tinted frame. — The skyscraper spire remains centered but softened by distance, haze, and film grain.

A soft, partially obscured New York City skyscraper silhouette appears within the grain and gate edges of 1964 8mm footage. — The building silhouette becomes more abstract as the frame softens and dark film borders dominate.

1964 New York City harbor view showing a large ship, rigging, water, and blocky waterfront buildings in purple-tinted 8mm footage. — A large harbor ship sits before dark waterfront buildings, with water visible along the lower frame.

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