New York-1973: A Man In A Blue Shirt Steers His Small Weathered White Boat Away

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

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A Man In A Blue Shirt Steers His Small Weathered White... — Clip Details

A man in a blue shirt steers a weathered white motorboat away from a wooden dock in New York, 1973. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the boat’s slow departure with soft focus and natural grain. The man, seen from behind, maneuvers the small vessel as it glides across calm water. The scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic moment of personal transportation, with the planked dock and surrounding structures adding to the authentic mid-20th century atmosphere. The footage retains the warm, slightly faded color palette typical of Super 8 film from the era.

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 and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125582671

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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 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: Useful for 1970s New York archival requests needing small-boat, dockside, personal transportation, or quiet waterfront home-movie coverage.
Period detail: The weathered runabout, outboard motor, wooden planked dock, and soft 8mm color may show an early 1970s recreational waterfront setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged rear-view moment of a man steering away from the dock, filmed from a nearby vantage point as routine movement unfolds.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a blue shirt, a white motorboat, an outboard motor, a wooden dock, ropes, calm water, and dark waterfront structures.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for waterfront travel, leisure boating, or urban shoreline atmosphere.
Historical context: The footage documents an everyday boating scene in New York without identifying a specific marina, landmark, event, or named individual.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may be needed; no clear logos appear, and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1973 New York 8mm boat footage, vintage home movie dock departure, small white motorboat, and 1970s waterfront cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with New York 1973 waterfront footage, and then with broader 1970s boating, docks, and home-movie travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm frame showing a man from behind in a blue shirt steering a weathered white motorboat near a planked dock. — A small white motorboat sits alongside the dock as the man prepares to steer away.

The man in a blue shirt steers the white motorboat past the wooden dock, with ropes and dark waterfront structures behind it. — The boat begins to move along the dock, partially obscured by a vertical post.

A closer 8mm view shows the weathered side of the white motorboat, its windshield, and dockside equipment in New York, 1973. — The camera catches the boat's worn hull and windshield as it passes the dock.

The man continues steering the small white motorboat away from the wooden dock, with another boat edge visible in the foreground. — The man guides the boat forward while the dock and another vessel frame the scene.

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