New York-1973: Person Paddling In Inflatable Raft Near Boats On Calm Ocean

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

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Person Paddling In Inflatable Raft Near Boats On Calm Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a serene day on the water near New York. The grainy, purple-tinted footage shows a calm ocean with distant land and a lighthouse. A person in a red inflatable raft paddles across the water, while a white motorboat and other small craft drift nearby. The scene evokes a nostalgic, leisurely summer day of water recreation, with the classic Super 8 film quality enhancing its retro charm.

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: 125589099

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s New York home-movie requests needing quiet water recreation, small boats, or a brief summer leisure cutaway.
Period detail: The 8mm footage may show 1970s recreational boating, with a red inflatable raft, small craft, and a white cabin-style motorboat on calm water.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged shoreline or boat-shot view of a person paddling slowly across open water near other leisure craft.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, distant shoreline, a red inflatable raft, one paddler, oars, a white motorboat, small sailboats, and hazy sky.
Film character: The scan has soft focus, visible grain, purple color shift, mild gate edges, and handheld framing typical of aging 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for summer boating, coastal leisure, or family travel sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual water recreation documented from a home-movie perspective, without enough visible detail to identify a precise site or event.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos, private property, or music are indicated.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1973 New York 8mm boating footage, home movie raft paddling, calm ocean recreation, and vintage small craft on water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel boating scenes, then New York 1973 water footage, then broader 1970s home-movie recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm frame showing calm open water, hazy sky, and distant shoreline with a small structure near the horizon. — Wide view of calm water and distant land before the raft enters the frame.

1973 New York 8mm frame with a distant person paddling a red inflatable raft near a white motorboat and small boats. — A red inflatable raft appears on the water with a white motorboat in the distance.

1973 New York 8mm frame showing a person paddling a red inflatable raft across calm water near a white cabin motorboat. — The paddler moves across calm water while the white motorboat sits farther back.

1973 New York 8mm frame with a red inflatable raft, paddler, oars, distant sailboats, and a white motorboat near the edge. — The raft drifts closer in frame as sailboats and a white motorboat remain in the background.

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