New York-1973: A Blue And White Boat Driving Quickly Across An Open Lake

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

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A Blue And White Boat Driving Quickly Across An Open Lake — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1973 captures a white and blue motorboat speeding across a calm lake in New York. The boat, with a person at the helm, cuts through the water, leaving a white wake behind. The shoreline with trees is visible in the distance under a hazy sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 125582745

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s New York 8mm boating footage for productions needing a brief recreational lake travel insert or summer leisure cutaway.
Period detail: The small open motorboat, distant low shoreline and faded color 8mm stock support a 1973 home-movie boating scene without identifying a specific lake.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the informal feel of someone filming from another boat or waterside position as the motorboat passes through the frame.
What appears in frame: A blue and white motorboat, one or more occupants, open water, white wake, hazy sky, low shoreline, trees and distant small sails are visible.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation and handheld framing give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick insert, transition, travel beat or memory cue for 1970s summer recreation on the water.
Historical context: The scene reflects leisure boating on a broad New York waterway, with no visible landmarks or details that identify a precise community.
Research note: People appear aboard the boat, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, music or private property are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1973 New York 8mm motorboat, vintage home movie lake boating, blue and white speedboat, or 1970s summer water recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1973 New York waterways, then broader 1970s boating and summer recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm frame of a blue and white motorboat moving across open water with a hazy shoreline in the distance. — A small motorboat speeds across open water, leaving a pale wake behind.

A 1973 New York home-movie frame shows the motorboat at mid-distance on rippled water under a hazy sky. — The motorboat continues across the lake with the shoreline low on the horizon.

The blue and white motorboat passes through a wide 1973 New York water view with distant shoreline and small sailboats visible. — A wide water view frames the speeding boat against a low, tree-lined horizon.

A 1973 New York 8mm frame captures the motorboat crossing open water, with wake, shoreline and film edge visible. — The boat cuts across the frame as the wake trails over the rippled surface.

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