New York-1946: Congested New York Harbor from Ship's Deck

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Congested New York Harbor from Ship's Deck — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1946 opens with a title card reading 'Congested New York Harbor' in bold text on a purple background. The scene transitions to a view from a ship's deck, looking out over the water at a large cargo vessel in the distance. The frame is partially obscured by the ship's rigging and mast, with visible ropes and metal structures in the foreground. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, archival quality, capturing a moment of mid-century maritime activity in New York Harbor.

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: 125784603

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1946 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1940s documentary edits needing a New York Harbor title-card insert or brief maritime setup from home-movie source footage.
Period detail: The typewritten-style title card and metadata-supported 1946 date place the clip in a mid-1940s home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a private reel structure, using a filmed title card to introduce a harbor sequence before the camera view changes.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a purple title card, dark typed lettering, rounded film-frame edges, heavy grain, and slight exposure variation.
Film character: The 8mm image has dense grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, purple color cast, and visible frame-edge darkness consistent with scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a title-card insert, chapter opener, transition, or archival cue before harbor or shipping footage.
Historical context: The text identifies the subject as congested New York Harbor, while the frames themselves show only the introductory title card.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible in these sampled frames, but copyright and source-license review still apply.
Research search match: Search matches include 1940s 8mm New York Harbor title card, congested harbor home movie, and vintage maritime title screen.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's harbor footage, then other 1946 New York material, then broader vintage shipping or port-activity scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm title card for Congested New York Harbor, with dark typed text on a purple film background. — Opening title card identifies the sequence as Congested New York Harbor.

New York Harbor title card remains on screen, with soft focus, grain, and dark frame-edge shadowing. — The harbor title card holds in frame with visible 8mm grain and exposure falloff.

The title card continues, slightly shifted within the 8mm frame, with visible grain and a vertical mark near the left side. — A later title-card frame shows minor image shift and film texture.

Final sampled title-card frame for Congested New York Harbor, with the lettering lower in the frame and soft 8mm texture. — The title card remains visible at the end of the sampled frames.

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