New York-1973: Summer Time Relaxation Enjoying A Boat Ride On The Lake

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

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Summer Time Relaxation Enjoying A Boat Ride On The Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a man relaxing on a boat during a summer day. The view from behind shows his bare back as he gazes across a calm lake under a pale blue sky with scattered clouds. Small boats dot the water, and a distant shoreline is visible. The footage has a distinct retro color palette and film grain, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a peaceful lakeside escape.

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: 125582723

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 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 lake footage suited for documentary inserts about summer leisure, boating, family travel, or personal memory.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft exposure, small recreational boats, and casual shirtless passenger may show an early-1970s summer outing rather than a staged travel scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passenger-view feeling, watching a man from behind as the boat moves across open water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shirtless man, boat bow or upholstery, calm lake water, distant shoreline, small boats, pale blue sky, clouds, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, slight softness, handheld framing, muted blue-purple color, and occasional gate-edge darkness as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet cutaway, transition, memory beat, or atmospheric insert for lakeside recreation and summer travel sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary recreational boating and warm-weather leisure in a home-movie record, with no visible landmark or event identifying the exact lake.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, children, private property, or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 New York 8mm boat ride, 1970s lake home movie, summer boating cutaway, and vintage recreational water footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with New York 1973 lake or travel footage, then with broader 1970s summer leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm frame of a shirtless man from behind on a boat, facing open lake water and a distant shoreline. — A passenger faces the lake from the front of a moving boat.

1973 New York 8mm view from a boat, with the man's head and shoulder at right and small boats on the lake ahead. — The boat continues across open water with other small craft in the distance.

1973 New York home-movie frame showing the boat's front edge, open lake, distant shoreline, and part of a passenger at right. — A low boat-level view looks across the lake toward a distant shore.

1973 New York 8mm frame with a slightly tilted boat-level view over lake water, distant boats, shoreline, and pale sky. — The camera tilts slightly while the boat moves over the lake.

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