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New York-1973: Moving Camera Shows Life Along Populated Coast With Forest

  • Year1973
  • Decade1970s
  • LocationNew York, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Moving Camera Shows Life Along Populated Coast With Forest — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a moving camera view from a boat gliding along a populated New York coastline. The footage shows a motorboat cutting through the water, leaving a white wake, with a distant shoreline featuring dense trees, low-rise buildings, and a red buoy. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, authentic 1970s home movie aesthetic. The camera moves steadily, offering a serene, observational perspective of waterfront life and urban development.

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
125582760

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

  • coast
  • building
  • boat
  • history
  • moving
  • camera
  • life
  • populated
  • forest
  • backgrounds
  • textures
  • new york
  • 1973
  • 1973 New York coastline
  • vintage 8mm film
  • 1970s home movie footage
  • moving boat on water
  • waterfront scenery
  • retro 1970s footage
  • archival 8mm film
  • motorboat wake
  • urban shoreline
  • red buoy
  • grainy film texture
  • nostalgic home movie
  • classic 1970s
  • New York waterfront
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage boat ride
  • 1970s Americana
  • moving camera footage
  • coastal view
  • 1973 archival footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1970s New York home-movie boat footage suited to waterfront travel inserts, coastal development context, or atmospheric archival transitions.

Still Frames From This Clip

Rippling water with a distant tree-lined shoreline and a small red buoy.

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