New York-1973: Good Time On The Lack With A Good Friend On A Sunny Day

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

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Good Time On The Lack With A Good Friend On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day on a calm lake in New York. A small motorboat with several people aboard glides across the water, accompanied by an inflatable raft. The shoreline is lined with lush green trees and grass under a bright sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, candid feel, evoking a carefree summer memory. The scene is peaceful and leisurely, with natural light and subtle camera movement enhancing its authentic, archival quality.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125583109

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 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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: Useful for 1970s home-movie requests needing a brief New York summer lake scene with boating, shoreline, and casual recreation.
Period detail: The 8mm color, small leisure boat, inflatable raft, and soft 1970s film palette support the stated 1973 home-movie setting without identifying a specific lake.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged distance view of friends or family spending time on the water, filmed casually from shore or another nearby vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small motorboat, people aboard, an orange inflatable raft, calm lake water, grassy shoreline, trees, sky, and a brief red leader or film mark.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, gate edges, soft focus, color fading, exposure variation, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, summer recreation cutaway, lake-life insert, or transition into broader 1970s family travel material.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual warm-weather recreation in a wooded New York lake setting, with people boating at a relaxed distance from the camera.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1973 New York lake home movie, 1970s 8mm boating footage, vintage family recreation on water, or summer shoreline cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1973 New York outdoor footage, then with lake, boating, summer leisure, and home-movie recreation themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm home-movie frame showing a distant small boat and orange raft on calm lake water near a wooded shoreline. — A small boat and raft move across the lake near a tree-lined shore.

Distant 1973 New York lake scene with several people in a small boat beside an orange inflatable raft and wooded shoreline. — People ride in a small boat next to an orange raft on the lake.

A brief 8mm film artifact or leader-like frame with red markings visible between lake shots. — Red markings appear in a pale film frame, suggesting a leader or in-camera artifact.

Soft 1973 New York 8mm view of a wooded lakeshore, grassy bank, and calm water with no close foreground subjects. — The camera holds on the wooded shoreline and calm lake surface.

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