New York-1973: A Happy Day On The Lake

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

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A Happy Day On The Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a serene day on a lake in New York. The footage opens with a tranquil view of rippling water and a tree-lined shore, then reveals several classic motorboats gliding across the calm surface. A larger white cabin cruiser and smaller speedboats are seen enjoying the water, with people visible aboard. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and a slightly faded color palette with prominent purplish-blue tones, evoking authentic 1970s nostalgia. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about American summer recreation.

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: 125589056

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s New York home-movie lake footage suited to documentary or editorial sequences about summer boating, family recreation, and quiet leisure on the water.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1970s pleasure boats, including a white cabin cruiser and smaller motorboats, seen through the soft color and handheld framing of 8mm home movies.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged lakeside observer perspective, following boats across calm water rather than presenting a planned event or formal portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling lake water, a tree-lined shoreline, distant motorboats, a white cabin cruiser, smaller speedboats, hazy sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, purplish-blue color fading, and handheld composition that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for summer recreation, lake travel, boating culture, or family leisure in the 1970s.
Historical context: The footage documents ordinary recreational boating on a New York lake, offering visual context for middle-class leisure and outdoor water activity without identifying a specific site.
Research note: People are visible aboard boats but not clearly identifiable here; review likeness, location, and any underlying copyright issues separately before publication.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1973 New York lake boating, 8mm home movie boats, 1970s summer recreation footage, and vintage American lake vacation scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1973 New York lake or boating footage, and then with broader 1970s summer recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm frame showing rippling lake water and a wooded shoreline under a hazy sky. — A quiet view across the lake toward a low, tree-lined shore.

1973 New York lake scene with small motorboats and a larger white cruiser spread across calm water. — Motorboats sit or move across the lake with shoreline visible on the horizon.

1973 New York 8mm frame showing a white cabin cruiser, smaller boats, and calm lake water. — A white cruiser appears near the center while other boats sit farther across the water.

1973 New York lake footage frame with a small motorboat passing near a larger white cabin cruiser. — A smaller motorboat crosses near a larger cruiser on the open lake.

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