New York-1973: Sailboats And Yachts Docked In A Serene Marina

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

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Sailboats And Yachts Docked In A Serene Marina — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a serene marina in New York, filled with sailboats and motor yachts docked along the water. The footage shows calm water reflecting the boats and surrounding trees under a bright, overcast sky. The purple-tinted color palette and grainy texture are characteristic of Super 8 film from the era. The scene is peaceful, with no visible people, emphasizing the tranquil atmosphere of a summer day at the harbor. This archival footage offers authentic 1970s Americana for documentaries, nostalgic projects, or historical content.

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: 125589223

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 (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: Supports 1970s New York archival requests needing quiet marina, leisure boating, or waterfront establishing footage for documentary and editorial sequences.
Period detail: The sailboats, motor yachts, dock pilings, wooded shoreline, and soft 8mm color may show early-1970s recreational waterfront life in New York.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, observing moored boats across calm water rather than arranging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sailboat masts, motor yachts, dock pilings, calm water reflections, a tree-lined shore, a small waterside building, and bright hazy sky.
Film character: The footage carries a purple-shifted 8mm look with visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure bloom, and a steady but informal camera position.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm waterfront cutaway, leisure-boating insert, transition, or reflective memory beat within a 1970s New York sequence.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for recreational boating and marina settings in the 1970s without identifying a specific harbor or event.
Research note: People are flagged for review, though no clear faces are identifiable in these stills; copyright, likeness, property, and location clearance should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 8mm New York marina footage, 1970s sailboats docked, home movie yachts on calm water, and vintage harbor cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 New York waterfront footage, then broader 1970s boating and marina scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm frame showing docked sailboats and motor yachts along a tree-lined marina shoreline. — Docked boats and tall masts line the marina behind dark foreground framing.

1973 New York marina view with moored sailboats, motor yachts, pilings, and a wooded shoreline in soft 8mm color. — Moored yachts sit close together against a dark green shoreline.

Wider 1973 New York 8mm view of a marina with docked boats, tall masts, calm water, trees, and a small waterside building. — A wider view shows the harbor basin, moored boats, and a small structure near the shoreline.

Wide 1973 New York marina frame showing sailboats, motorboats, dock pilings, tree-lined shore, and calm open water. — Open water fills the foreground as sailboats and motorboats rest along the marina edge.

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