New York City-1964: Ferry Boats Traveling On Water And Statue Of Liberty Silhouette

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

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Ferry Boats Traveling On Water And Statue Of Liberty... — Clip Details

NEW YORK CITY-1964: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a ferry boat cruising across a body of water, its passengers visible on the upper deck. The footage transitions to a distant, silhouetted view of the Statue of Liberty against a soft pink and purple sky, showcasing the iconic landmark from a moving perspective. The grainy, color-bleached aesthetic of the 8mm film evokes a nostalgic 1960s Americana feel, with natural motion and authentic period detail. This archival clip offers a personal, documentary-style glimpse of New York City life and landmarks in the mid-1960s.

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: 125499898

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: 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 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 1960s New York City archive requests needing ferry travel, harbor movement, or Statue of Liberty landmark views for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-1960s harbor sightseeing or ferry travel, with a small passenger vessel, waterfront silhouettes, and color 8mm home-movie exposure consistent with the supplied 1964 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries a visitor-shot perspective from moving water, observing a ferry and then the Statue of Liberty without staged action or formal composition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a ferry boat, passengers on an upper deck, choppy harbor water, distant shoreline, dark frame edges, and the Statue of Liberty in silhouette.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, pink-purple color shift, exposure bloom, and handheld framing that contribute useful physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short New York harbor insert, a Statue of Liberty transition, or a memory beat linking travel, arrival, and landmark recognition.
Historical context: The views place a national landmark and public water transportation within a personal home-movie record of New York City sightseeing or harbor travel.
Research note: People are visible on the ferry at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from publicity or property concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1964 New York City 8mm ferry, Statue of Liberty silhouette home movie, New York harbor travel footage, and 1960s tourist landmark film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 New York City harbor or landmark footage, then broader 1960s travel and transportation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 New York City harbor view of a passenger ferry traveling across water, seen in soft 8mm color with distant waterfront silhouettes. — A passenger ferry crosses the harbor with people visible on the upper deck.

New York harbor frame with a ferry passing behind a bright, overexposed silhouette of the Statue of Liberty. — A ferry passes on the harbor as the Statue of Liberty appears as a pale silhouette.

Distant 1964 home-movie view of the Statue of Liberty in silhouette, framed low against a pale pink 8mm sky. — The Statue of Liberty appears in silhouette from a moving harbor viewpoint.

Soft 8mm view of the Statue of Liberty silhouetted against a washed pink sky, likely from New York harbor in 1964. — The Statue of Liberty is centered as a dark silhouette against the faded sky.

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