New York-1973: Footage Of Apartments And Boats Filmed From The Water

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

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Footage Of Apartments And Boats Filmed From The Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a waterfront view of multi-story apartment buildings from a moving boat. The footage, filmed from a low angle on the water, shows the buildings' balconies and windows under a bright sky, with trees visible behind. The blue-tinted, grainy image and slight camera shake evoke a nostalgic 1970s home movie feel. The clip includes a brief, blurry motion shot of a dock and a final close-up of a red textured object, likely a rope or dock fixture. This authentic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 125589253

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 requests needing 1970s New York home-movie waterfront views, apartment exteriors, or boat-shot urban cutaways for documentary and editorial edits.
Period detail: The footage may show early-1970s waterfront apartment architecture with balconies, large windows, dock structures, and marina elements seen from a moving boat.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the informal perspective of a traveler filming from the water, favoring passing views and brief handheld impressions over staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible details include multi-story apartments, balconies, windows, trees, dockside structures, moored boats, film-frame edges, and a red textured strip.
Film character: Blue-tinted grain, soft focus, gate edges, handheld shake, and abrupt close framing give the scan a clear 8mm home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a waterfront establishing insert, urban memory beat, boat-travel transition, or textured cutaway between New York archive scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents a leisure or travel view of New York waterfront housing and marina surroundings without identifying a specific neighborhood or landmark.
Research note: No people, brands, or music are evident, but exterior property and location identification should still be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1973 New York 8mm waterfront apartments, boat-shot marina footage, vintage home movie urban shoreline, and 1970s harbor cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel boat or waterfront shots, then other 1973 New York exteriors, then broader 1970s urban travel and marina footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm frame showing a waterfront apartment building with balconies, windows, and trees behind it. — Waterfront apartment building filmed from a moving boat.

Motion-blurred 1973 New York waterfront view with dock structures and boats seen from a moving boat. — Blurred dockside view with boats during a quick pan or pass.

Close 8mm frame showing a red textured strip or material edge against a pale background, likely from the filmed scene or leader area. — Close-up of a red vertical textured strip on a pale surface.

Final 8mm frame with a red vertical strip or narrow textured object against a pale field and visible film edges. — Final close frame of a red strip or narrow textured object.

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