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New York-1973: Motorboat Coasting Swiftly Across a Wavy Sea

  • Year1973
  • Decade1970s
  • LocationNew York, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Motorboat Coasting Swiftly Across a Wavy Sea — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1973 captures a motorboat speeding across a wavy sea, leaving a white wake behind. The boat, likely a small fishing or recreational craft, moves swiftly from right to left across the frame, with a distant shoreline and a tall tower visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: soft focus, grainy texture, and a slightly faded color palette with prominent purplish-blue tones. The scene evokes a sense of summer leisure and coastal recreation, filmed from a moving perspective on the water.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
125582735

Rights & Clearance

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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
New York, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • ocean
  • waves
  • fishing
  • summer
  • fast
  • motorboat
  • coasting
  • freely
  • swiftly
  • wavy
  • sea
  • sports
  • recreation
  • new york
  • 1973
  • 1973 motorboat footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • New York coastal scene
  • Super 8 home movie
  • motorboat speeding
  • wavy sea
  • 1970s recreation
  • vintage boat footage
  • 8mm film grain
  • retro water footage
  • summer boating
  • archival 1973
  • classic 8mm
  • vintage Super 8
  • 1970s nostalgia
  • coastal motorboat
  • 8mm home movie footage
  • vintage 1973
  • 8mm film footage
  • 1970s boating

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1970s New York coastal recreation sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage of a small motorboat moving across choppy water.

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