New York-1973: Sailboats And Yachts In A Busy Marina

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

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Sailboats And Yachts In A Busy Marina — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a bustling marina in New York, filled with sailboats and yachts moored in calm waters. The footage shows a variety of vessels, including white sailboats with tall masts and a small red dinghy, all nestled among trees and waterfront buildings. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, a cool blue-purple color cast, and slight motion blur, conveying a nostalgic, sun-drenched summer day. The camera pans across the harbor, offering a relaxed, personal perspective of a leisurely day on the water.

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: 125589192

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

huge
numbers
boats
sea
place
nature
new york
1973
1973 New York marina footage
vintage 8mm film
Super 8 home movie
sailboats in harbor
1970s boating scene
classic American waterfront
archival 8mm footage
nostalgic sailing clip
vintage boat footage
1970s leisure activity
retro film grain
blue-tinted vintage film
New York waterfront
family vacation footage
1970s nostalgia
vintage sailing footage
8mm film archive
historical marina scene
classic home movie
vintage Americana

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s New York home-movie marina footage for documentary cutaways, leisure sequences, waterfront atmosphere, or archive inserts about boating culture.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1970s recreational sailboats, small yachts, dinghies, mooring buoys, and a tree-lined marina without visible modern digital signage.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera observes moored boats from a casual visitor or passenger viewpoint, emphasizing personal waterfront looking rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include clustered sailboat masts, white hulls, a red dinghy, calm harbor water, mooring buoys, shoreline trees, and low marina structures.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild jitter, motion blur, and a cool blue-purple cast that read as period home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief establishing insert, transitional harbor cutaway, or memory beat between New York travel, summer leisure, and boating scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents recreational marina activity in New York as seen through a private home-movie lens, with boats moored closely in calm water.
Research note: Copyright, likeness, and property clearance should be reviewed separately, as people are flagged visible and vessels may be privately owned though brands are not apparent.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 New York marina home movie, 8mm sailboats in harbor, vintage yacht moorings, and 1970s waterfront leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then New York 1973 waterfront footage, then broader 1970s boating, marina, and summer travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York marina view with clustered sailboat masts, white hulls, a red dinghy, trees, and calm water. — Moored sailboats and a red dinghy sit in a quiet marina basin.

Close 1973 New York marina frame showing a white sailboat bow, tall mast, dock posts, and other moored boats behind it. — A white sailboat bow fills the foreground with marina boats behind it.

1973 New York marina shot with a white foreground sailboat, mooring buoys, clustered masts, and a low wooded shoreline. — A foreground sailboat rests among rows of moored marina vessels.

Wide 1973 New York marina view with sailboats spread across calm water, many masts, shoreline trees, and a dark foreground silhouette. — A wider harbor view shows sailboats moored across still water.

Visually Similar Clips