New York-1973: Man Sailing On The Water In A Boat

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

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Man Sailing On The Water In A Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a man in a boat on a calm body of water, likely a lake or coastal inlet. The footage shows a small motorboat speeding across the water, leaving a white wake, with a tree-lined shore and a distant tower visible. The final frames focus on a shirtless man with glasses, his hair tousled by the wind, looking out over the water. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, a purple-tinted color palette, and a nostalgic, personal feel. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring 1970s Americana and leisure activities.

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: 125582720

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 1012 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: swimming
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1973 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, 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: 1970s New York home-movie footage for productions needing brief leisure-boating, waterfront recreation, or family vacation cutaways.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1970s recreational boating, with an open motorboat, shirtless adult passenger, dark eyeglasses, distant shoreline, and water tower-like structure.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged passenger viewpoint from a moving boat, shifting from another craft on the water to a close informal look at a man aboard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open water, a small speeding boat, white wake, tree-lined shore, distant tower, boat upholstery, blue sky, and a shirtless man with glasses.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, slight gate edges, handheld framing, and a cool purple-blue color cast typical of aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, waterfront transition, summer recreation cutaway, or personal-memory beat within a 1970s leisure sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday recreational boating and waterfront leisure in a home-movie context without enough visual evidence to identify the exact waterway or landmark.
Research note: Adult likeness is visible and should be reviewed separately from copyright; no logos are apparent, but location and any private vessel/property context remain unverified.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1973 New York 8mm boating, 1970s home movie on water, vintage motorboat lake footage, and man with glasses on boat.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel waterfront scenes, then other 1973 New York boating material, then broader 1970s recreation or summer travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York home-movie frame showing a small motorboat crossing open water with a white wake near a low, tree-lined shoreline. — A small boat moves quickly across the water, leaving a bright wake near the shore.

A small motorboat travels across open water in the 1973 New York home-movie footage, with shoreline and a distant tower-like structure visible. — The boat continues across the water with a distant shoreline and tower-like shape in the background.

A shirtless adult man wearing glasses sits in a boat during the 1973 New York footage, with windblown hair and open water behind him. — A man with glasses sits aboard the boat as the camera looks back over the water.

The final frame shows the back of a shirtless adult man in a boat, facing open water under a blue sky in the 1973 New York home movie. — The camera frames the man from behind as the boat looks out across the water.

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