New York-1973: A Small Boat Entering The Port With People Waiting

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

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A Small Boat Entering The Port With People Waiting — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil marina in New York, with numerous sailboats and yachts moored in calm waters. The footage, marked by classic Super 8 grain and a slightly faded purple color cast, shows a small boat entering the harbor while people wait on docks. Trees line the shore under an overcast sky, and a stone structure is visible in the distance. The handheld camera pans slowly across the scene, offering a nostalgic glimpse of 1970s waterfront life.

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: 125589229

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: Useful for documentary or editorial requests needing 1970s New York waterfront leisure, marina traffic, or home-movie views of small boats entering a harbor.
Period detail: The clip shows 1973 8mm marina footage with sailboats, yachts, simple docks, tree-lined shore, and a stone harbor structure that may show period waterfront infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld viewpoint feels like a visitor or family member watching from shore as boats move through the marina and people wait near the docks.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include moored sailboats, motor yachts, calm harbor water, dock pilings, a small boat entering, shoreline trees, waiting people, and a stone structure.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight purple color fading, gentle exposure variation, and handheld panning that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, harbor transition, travel cutaway, or reflective memory beat for 1970s waterfront life.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational boating and marina use in New York during the early 1970s without identifying the specific harbor or participants.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, and the visible boats and harbor structures should be assessed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1973 New York marina 8mm, vintage home movie sailboats, small boat entering harbor, and 1970s waterfront leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 New York waterfront footage, then broader 1970s marina, boating, and vacation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm view of a quiet marina with sailboats, motorboats, dock pilings, trees, and calm harbor water. — A wide marina view shows boats moored along the shoreline under an overcast sky.

A 1973 New York marina view shows moored sailboats and yachts, with a partial person visible at the lower right edge. — Boats sit in still harbor water while a partial foreground figure enters the frame edge.

1973 New York 8mm frame of a small boat entering a marina channel with sailboats, pilings, trees, and a stone structure beyond. — A small boat moves into the harbor channel between rows of moored boats.

A closer 1973 New York marina frame shows sailboats, dock pilings, distant people on the dock, and a stone harbor structure. — The camera moves closer to docked sailboats and a stone structure as people stand near the marina edge.

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