New York City-1964: Massive Ocean Liner Docked At Port With Tugboats

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

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Massive Ocean Liner Docked At Port With Tugboats — Clip Details

NEW YORK CITY-1964: A massive ocean liner, likely the Queen Mary, is docked at a bustling port, its iconic red and white smokestack towering over the scene. The vintage 8mm film captures the ship's grand scale from multiple angles, with smaller tugboats and dockside equipment visible in the foreground. The footage, shot on Super 8, shows the ship's white superstructure and dark hull against a calm harbor, with a slightly grainy, nostalgic quality characteristic of 1960s home movies. The camera remains mostly static, emphasizing the ship's imposing presence.

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: 125500099

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: 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: 1960s New York harbor home-movie footage for edits needing a large ocean liner at port, tugboats, and period maritime scale.
Period detail: The red-and-white funnel, dark hull, white railings, dock cranes, and small harbor craft may show mid-1960s passenger-ship activity in New York City.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot harbor viewpoint, holding on the liner from nearby docks rather than staging action or formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large ocean liner, red funnel, dark hull, white deck railings, tugboats, dockside cranes, harbor water, and distant shoreline.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the harbor scene physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, port transition, travel-memory beat, or establishing cutaway for 1960s New York harbor material.
Historical context: The footage reflects a passenger-liner era waterfront scene, with large ship infrastructure set against smaller working harbor vessels.
Research note: Human review should verify any ship identity, visible markings, and incidental people; copyright status is separate from likeness, trademark, or location concerns.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s New York harbor 8mm, ocean liner docked with tugboats, passenger ship at port, and vintage home movie waterfront.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1964 New York City harbor material, then broader 1960s ocean-liner and port transportation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 New York City harbor view of a large ocean liner docked at port, with a red funnel, dark hull, and small craft below. — Large ocean liner seen from the dockside harbor, with its red funnel rising above the white superstructure.

A large ocean liner appears docked in New York City harbor, with white upper decks, a red funnel, and port machinery near the waterline. — The ship's upper decks and funnel dominate the harbor view, with dockside equipment below.

From a closer dockside angle, the liner's dark hull towers above tugboats, cranes, and calm harbor water in 1964 New York City. — A closer harbor angle emphasizes the liner's scale over small tugboats and pier equipment.

A dockside 1964 New York City harbor frame shows the ocean liner's hull above tugboats, pier machinery, and reflective water. — The liner sits along the pier while smaller harbor vessels and cranes cluster at the dock.

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