New York-1948: People On Riverboat And Crane Lifting Cargo

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 New York

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People On Riverboat And Crane Lifting Cargo — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a group of people on a ferry or riverboat in New York, with the city skyline visible across the water. Men and women in period attire, including a woman in a light-colored coat and hat, stand on the deck, some holding cameras, suggesting a leisurely outing. The scene transitions to a dimly lit industrial interior where a crane lifts cargo, showcasing mid-century urban life and transportation. The footage features natural film grain and color shifts typical of 8mm home movies from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127560073

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 2269 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,decoration day,wj nolan jr
Reel-level year note: 1948
Reel-level location note: geneva new york
Date: 1948 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 documentary or museum edits needing 1940s New York home-movie views of ferry passengers, waterfront travel, and brief industrial cargo handling.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century coats, hats, suits, handheld cameras, a rail-lined boat deck, distant urban shoreline, and an interior crane scene that may show waterfront cargo work.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in casual, unstaged travel behavior as adults talk, pose, carry cameras, and move through a riverboat outing before the camera turns to cargo activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults on a boat deck, coats and hats, handheld cameras, water, a distant city shoreline, deck railings, a dark industrial interior, and a crane hook area.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, blue color shift, exposure variation, and contact-sheet edge shadows that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat linking New York leisure travel with waterfront labor and cargo movement.
Historical context: The footage visually connects passenger sightseeing or ferry travel with nearby industrial handling, suggesting a mid-century urban waterfront environment without naming a specific pier or vessel.
Research note: Faces are visible and likeness review may be needed, while no logos are apparent; copyright, location, and any property permissions should be evaluated separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 New York 8mm home movie, riverboat passengers, ferry deck, city shoreline, vintage waterfront, cargo crane, and mid-century urban travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1948 New York waterfront material, then with ferry, riverboat, city skyline, or cargo-handling themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Adults in 1948 New York stand on a riverboat or ferry deck, with cameras, railings, water, and a distant shoreline visible. — Passengers gather on deck during a New York waterfront outing.

A woman in a light coat and a man in a suit stand on a New York riverboat or ferry deck with water and skyline in the background. — Adults pose or talk near the railing with the city shoreline behind them.

Soft-focus 8mm frame of adults in period coats on a New York boat deck, with water, railing, and shoreline visible behind them. — Passengers shift position on the deck as the handheld camera moves.

Dark waterfront industrial interior appears to show crane equipment, high windows, railings, and a person standing near the lower right of frame. — A brief interior view shows crane equipment and cargo-handling surroundings.

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