New York--1946: Steam Boats Moving Smoothly Across Calm Waters

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

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New York--1946: Steam Boats Moving Smoothly Across Calm... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a fleet of steam-powered cargo ships moving across calm waters from a dockside viewpoint. The footage, framed by a dark window edge, shows several large vessels navigating a harbor, with one prominent ship emitting white steam as it passes. A small tugboat assists in the foreground, while the distant shoreline is visible under a hazy sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and vertical scratches, evoking a nostalgic mid-20th century maritime scene.

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: 125784612

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: 1940s New York harbor home-movie footage for productions needing maritime traffic, steamship movement, or postwar waterfront establishing material.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-1940s harbor vessels with tall masts, funnels, tug activity, and a hazy low shoreline visible beyond calm water.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like a visitor or passenger filming through a dark window or railing edge as ships pass across the harbor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm blue water, several distant cargo ships, a larger vessel emitting white steam, a small tugboat, dock edges, and a hazy shoreline.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, muted color, vertical scratches, and slight exposure variation that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a harbor establishing insert, maritime transition, waterfront cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1940s New York sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for everyday harbor traffic and working vessels seen from a dockside or window-framed vantage point.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, vessel identification, and location claims should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s New York harbor 8mm, steamship on calm water, tugboat and cargo ships, vintage waterfront home movie, and postwar maritime footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 New York harbor material, then broader vintage maritime or dockside travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 New York harbor view with distant vessels on calm water, framed by dark window edges and hazy sky. — Distant harbor vessels pass across calm water behind a dark foreground frame.

A larger vessel moves across New York harbor in 1946, with smaller ships in the distance and a dark window edge in front. — A larger harbor vessel appears at right while smaller ships sit farther back on the water.

A steam-emitting ship crosses New York harbor in 1946 as a small tugboat moves near the dock in the foreground. — A white-steaming vessel passes behind a tugboat near the dock edge.

A steamship and tugboat share the New York harbor view in 1946, with a pier edge and distant shoreline visible through the frame. — The steamship continues across the harbor while a tugboat works near the pier.

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