New York-1946: Cargo Ship and Tugboat in New York Harbor

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

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Cargo Ship and Tugboat in New York Harbor — Clip Details

Shot from a moving vessel in New York Harbor in 1946, this 8mm home movie captures a bustling maritime scene. The view through a porthole reveals a large cargo ship and a tugboat navigating the water, with the city skyline visible in the hazy distance. The footage, marked by the characteristic grain and color fade of vintage 8mm film, offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century maritime transportation and port activity.

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: 125784606

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s documentary or education edits needing New York Harbor maritime traffic seen from a moving passenger or work vessel.
Period detail: The harbor view may show mid-century cargo and tug activity, with ship rigging, open water, and a hazy shoreline consistent with the 1946 New York metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler filming through a vessel opening as harbor traffic passes in the distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ship rigging, a dark porthole or window edge, blue harbor water, a cargo vessel, a tugboat, distant shoreline, and hazy sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild color fade, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime cutaway, travel transition, harbor establishing insert, or brief memory beat between New York sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places commercial vessels and small working boats in a busy urban harbor setting without identifying specific companies or piers.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are apparent, but copyright status and any vessel or location identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s New York Harbor home movie, 8mm cargo ship footage, vintage tugboat harbor scene, and postwar maritime cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 New York harbor material, then broader vintage ship, port, and tugboat footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 New York Harbor view from a moving vessel, with rigging in the foreground and a distant cargo ship on hazy water. — Foreground rigging frames a distant cargo vessel across the harbor.

New York Harbor traffic appears beyond foreground rigging, with a cargo ship and small boat moving across the water. — A cargo vessel and small craft pass beyond the vessel rigging.

1946 harbor view with a cargo ship, tugboat, and distant shoreline seen through foreground rigging from a moving vessel. — A tugboat and larger vessel share the harbor beyond the foreground lines.

New York Harbor in 1946, showing a tugboat near a larger vessel and distant shoreline through ship rigging. — The tugboat and larger vessel sit against a hazy harbor skyline.

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