New York-1973: Boats Docked At A Marina

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Boats Docked At A Marina — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a serene marina scene in New York. White motorboats are docked at a wooden pier, their canopies and chrome details reflecting the era's classic design. The footage shows calm water, a white railing along the dock, and houses in the background under a bright sky. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic look of a personal summer memory, evoking nostalgia for mid-70s Americana and leisure boating.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125582558

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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 1012 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: swimming
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1973 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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: 1970s New York marina footage for editors needing a quiet boating cutaway, leisure insert, or waterside establishing detail from home-movie material.
Period detail: The small motorboats, white canopy frames, chrome rails, and dock railing may show early-1970s recreational marina design consistent with the supplied 1973 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a close dockside vantage, valuing the boats and calm water as a personal travel or summer-leisure observation rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white motorboats, canvas canopies, dock pilings, a white railing, calm marina water, nearby houses, and bright outdoor light.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that preserve its home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: Use as a short cutaway, transition, memory beat, or establishing insert for recreational boating, waterfront leisure, or 1970s New York domestic travel sequences.
Historical context: The clip reflects small-scale leisure boating and marina life in a residential waterside setting without showing identifiable people or a specific landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or interiors are visible, but copyright, location, marina access, and any vessel-identification concerns should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1973 New York marina home movie, 8mm docked motorboats, vintage recreational boating, and 1970s waterfront leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 New York waterfront material, then broader 1970s boating and marina leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm frame showing white motorboats with canopies docked near a railing and houses in the background. — White motorboats sit docked at a marina with a railing and houses beyond the water.

1973 New York home-movie frame of docked motorboats, canopy frames, marina railing, calm water, and distant houses. — Docked motorboats with white canopies line the marina under bright daylight.

1973 New York 8mm frame showing small docked motorboats, white canopy fabric, dock posts, and residential buildings beyond the marina. — Small motorboats are tied along the marina with a white railing and houses behind them.

Close 1973 New York 8mm view of a white motorboat with canopy frame, neighboring boats, dock railing, and marina water. — A closer frame centers on a white motorboat canopy with other docked boats nearby.

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