New York-1973: Outdoor Recording Showing Several Boats In A Port And Many Trees

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

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Outdoor Recording Showing Several Boats In A Port And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a serene marina in New York, with numerous sailboats and motorboats moored in calm waters. The scene is framed by lush green trees and a low-slung building along the waterfront, under a hazy, overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera movement, with the top of a person's head visible in the foreground, suggesting a personal, observational perspective. The overall mood is nostalgic and peaceful, evoking mid-20th century Americana.

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: 125589179

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 New York waterfront, marina, boating, and leisure cutaways in documentaries, education programs, or period commercial edits.
Period detail: The moored sailboats, small motorboats, low waterfront structure, and soft color 8mm look may show an early 1970s marina setting in New York.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels like a visitor or family member pausing to record boats across calm water, with part of a person's head briefly entering the foreground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include moored sailboats, motorboats, calm harbor water, buoy markers, a low waterfront building, tree-lined shore, masts, and a hazy sky.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture through visible grain, soft focus, muted color shift, slight exposure variation, and gentle handheld movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, waterfront transition, leisure cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a 1970s sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents recreational boating and shoreline leisure in a New York setting without identifying a specific marina, event, or public landmark.
Research note: People are minimally visible in the foreground, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are evident, and copyright clearance remains separate from visual rights checks.
Research search match: Search match phrases include 1973 New York marina 8mm, vintage sailboats on calm water, home movie harbor cutaway, and 1970s boating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 New York waterfront scenes, then broader vintage marina, boating, and leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm frame showing moored sailboats across calm marina water, a tree-lined shore, and a partial foreground head. — Moored sailboats sit across calm water with shoreline trees in the background.

1973 New York 8mm view of a quiet marina with boats moored near a wooded shoreline and a partial head at the lower edge. — A quiet marina view shows boats moored near trees under a hazy sky.

1973 New York home-movie frame showing sailboats and buoys near a low waterfront building with trees behind the marina. — Sailboats and buoys sit near a low building along the wooded waterfront.

1973 New York 8mm frame showing a closer marina section with a white boat, masts, buoy markers, trees, and a low waterfront structure. — A white boat and clustered masts appear near the tree-lined marina edge.

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