New York-1973: Marina with Sailboats and Motorboats Moored in Calm Water

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

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Marina with Sailboats and Motorboats Moored in Calm Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil marina scene in New York. Numerous sailboats and motorboats are moored in calm water, their masts rising against a hazy sky. The frame is bordered by dark edges, suggesting a home projector view. Trees line the distant shore, and a low building is visible. The footage exhibits classic 8mm grain and a cool, purplish color cast, evoking a nostalgic summer day. Silhouettes of people are visible in the foreground, observing the boats. This archival clip offers authentic 1970s Americana for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic 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: 125589171

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 home-movie marina footage for productions needing a quiet waterfront establishing shot, boating cutaway, or leisure-era memory beat.
Period detail: The 1973 date is supported by metadata; visible clues include small sailboats, motorboats, shoreline trees, and soft 8mm color typical of casual family travel filming.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an observer's viewpoint, with onlookers partly entering the foreground as the camera watches boats across calm water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include moored boats, sailboat masts, reflective canal water, wooded shoreline, a low waterfront building, dark film borders, and partial foreground spectators.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, slight softness, cool purplish color shift, gate edges, and modest handheld framing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as an establishing insert, waterfront transition, reflective pause, or cutaway between family travel and 1970s leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows a calm recreational boating area in New York, suggesting everyday waterfront leisure rather than a staged or newsworthy event.
Research note: People appear only as partial foreground onlookers, but likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1973 New York marina 8mm footage, vintage boats on canal, 1970s home movie waterfront, and sailboats moored in calm water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from this reel, then New York 1973 waterfront material, then broader 1970s boating, marina, canal, and leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm frame showing a marina or canal with boats, shoreline trees, and a partial foreground spectator. — Moored boats sit across calm water as a foreground onlooker partly enters the frame.

1973 New York home-movie frame of sailboats and small boats moored across still marina water under a hazy sky. — Sailboats and small boats line the distant shore across still water.

1973 New York 8mm view across a canal or marina, with moored boats and partial onlookers visible along the bottom edge. — The camera looks over foreground spectators toward boats moored along a wooded shore.

1973 New York home-movie frame showing a quiet marina scene with boats, masts, trees, and a partial foreground viewer. — A partial onlooker appears at lower right while boats remain still across the water.

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