New York City-1964: Ships At Berth In Port With City Skyline

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

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Ships At Berth In Port With City Skyline — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage footage captures several large ships at berth in a bustling New York City port. The grainy, blue-tinted images show commercial vessels docked along the waterfront, with the city skyline visible in the background. The sequence includes a passenger liner and cargo ships, with cranes and port infrastructure evident. The footage has a distinct retro quality, with the characteristic grain and color saturation of Super 8 home movies from the era. This archival clip offers a nostalgic look at mid-century maritime activity and urban waterfront life.

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: 125499863

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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 documentary sequences needing New York City waterfront, harbor commerce, or urban port establishing material from 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century ship berths, cranes, pier structures, and a hazy city skyline, with the 1964 date supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot vantage from across the water, observing docked vessels and skyline without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include large docked ships, harbor water, pier cranes, waterfront buildings, skyline towers, dark frame edges, and partial signage or lettering.
Film character: Blue-purple color shift, coarse grain, soft focus, exposure variation, and slight handheld framing give the scan a clear 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a harbor cutaway, period transition, maritime insert, or brief memory beat in a New York City or transportation sequence.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for a working urban waterfront, showing vessels and port infrastructure against the New York City skyline.
Research note: No people are visible, but partial ship or pier lettering appears and should be reviewed for trademark or location-identification concerns; copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 New York City harbor footage, 8mm port scenes, docked ships, waterfront skyline, and vintage maritime transportation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel New York harbor shots, then other 1964 New York City waterfront footage, then broader vintage port and ship activity material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 New York City harbor view with large ships at berth, water in the foreground, and a hazy skyline behind the waterfront. — Large ships sit at a New York City berth with the skyline beyond.

1964 New York City waterfront scene showing moored ships, pier infrastructure, and skyline towers beyond the harbor. — Moored vessels and pier structures line the harbor below the city skyline.

1964 New York City port view with docked ships, cranes, harbor water, and a soft skyline in the background. — Docked ships and cranes appear along the New York City waterfront.

1964 New York City port frame showing a docked vessel, crane equipment, waterfront building, harbor water, and partial signage or lettering. — A crane and docked ship stand beside waterfront structures with partial lettering visible.

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