New York-1973: Men Boating On A Lake

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

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Men Boating On A Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a serene marina scene in New York. Several sailboats and motor yachts are docked along a wooden pier, with lush green trees lining the shore in the background. A man in a dark shirt and light shorts stands on the deck of a white sailboat, while another person in a yellow shirt is seated nearby. The footage has a soft, grainy quality with a distinct purple-blue color cast typical of 1970s home movies, evoking a nostalgic, peaceful summer day on the water.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125589234

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

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: Yes
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 1970s New York home-movie requests needing marina, leisure boating, or summer recreation footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1970s recreational boating through visible fiberglass sailboats, docked motor yachts, casual shorts, and the soft color cast of scanned 8mm film.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged waterside view of people relaxing on a sailboat while the camera observes from nearby across the marina.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include docked sailboats, motor yachts, tall masts, wooden pier posts, calm lake water, shoreline trees, and people on a white boat.
Film character: The scanned 8mm footage has soft focus, visible grain, mild handheld instability, high-contrast edges, and a purple-blue color shift characteristic of aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, memory beat, or establishing insert for boating, lake recreation, or 1970s leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects everyday recreational boating and marina use in New York, with private leisure craft gathered along a wooded shoreline.
Research note: People and possible vessel markings are visible, so likeness and brand or registration review may be needed separately from footage copyright clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1973 New York 8mm boating footage, home movie marina scene, lake sailboats and yachts, and 1970s summer recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1973 New York waterfront material, then with broader 1970s boating or summer leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm frame showing sailboats, motor yachts, masts, water, and people aboard a white boat in a marina. — People stand and sit on a white sailboat among docked boats at a wooded marina.

1973 New York 8mm frame of a white sailboat near docked yachts, with people visible on deck and a wooded shoreline behind. — A sailboat moves or sits near the dock while other boats and masts fill the marina background.

Soft 8mm frame from 1973 New York showing a marina, clustered masts, docked boats, and people on a white sailboat. — Two people are visible on a sailboat as the camera looks across a marina crowded with masts.

1973 New York 8mm frame showing a docked motor yacht, reflective water, posts, and trees along the marina edge. — A motor yacht sits by the dock, reflected in the darker water near the tree-lined shore.

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