New York City-1964: Crew Working On Queen Mary Ship Hull

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

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Crew Working On Queen Mary Ship Hull — Clip Details

NEW YORK CITY-1964: A vintage 8mm film clip captures the iconic Queen Mary docked at a bustling port, its massive hull towering over a small tugboat. Crew members in period uniforms work along the ship's side, climbing ropes and rigging against a clear blue sky. The footage, shot on Super 8, shows the scale of ocean liner operations in the 1960s with authentic film grain and color saturation. This archival home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse of maritime history and industrial labor during the golden age of transatlantic travel.

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: 125500103

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or editorial sequences needing New York harbor ocean-liner maintenance, crew labor, or maritime scale from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The ship-side rigging, rope ladders, dark work clothing, and 8mm color stock may show mid-1960s ocean-liner operations in New York City.
Home-movie behavior: The camera looks upward from close beside the hull, catching workers at height with the reactive framing of a visitor filming an active port scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large ship hull, rope lines, rigging, workers on the side, blue sky, a dark vertical edge, and a lower platform or dock structure.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, industrial labor insert, maritime transition, or memory beat within a 1960s New York harbor sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places manual ship-side work against the scale of a docked ocean liner without establishing the specific task being performed.
Research note: People are visible but not clearly identifiable here; copyright, likeness, location, and any vessel-related permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 New York City harbor footage, 8mm ocean liner crew work, Queen Mary ship hull, maritime labor, and vintage port operations.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then 1964 New York City harbor material, then broader ocean-liner, dock work, or maritime labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 New York City footage shows workers positioned on ropes and rigging against the side of a large ocean liner. — Workers appear suspended along the ship side as ropes cross the frame.

Crew members appear on the rigging beside the Queen Mary hull in 1964 New York City harbor footage. — Crew members are seen along the ship side, framed through ropes and rigging.

A handheld 8mm view angles up toward workers and rope lines along a docked ship in New York City. — The camera tilts along ropes and workers clustered beside the vessel.

The final frame shows rigging and a bright platform or dock-side structure beside the dark mass of the ship. — Rigging and a bright structural area appear beside the shadowed ship side.

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