New York-1948: Ocean Liner Docked at Port

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

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

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

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

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Ocean Liner Docked at Port — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1948: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a massive ocean liner docked at a bustling port, its white hull and blue funnel bearing a circular logo. Passengers gather on the upper decks, watching as a small tugboat with a prominent 'M' navigates alongside. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural grain, slight blurriness, and film damage, conveying the authentic feel of a mid-century travel memory. The scene evokes the golden age of transatlantic cruises and the excitement of post-war tourism.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127560145

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: Yes
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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s New York harbor or postwar passenger-travel edits needing real 8mm home-movie footage of an ocean liner at port.
Period detail: The large white liner, blue-topped funnel, tugboat, and passengers on open decks may show mid-century ocean travel at a New York pier.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a nearby vantage point as passengers gather along the decks, giving the scene an unstaged traveler or dockside witness perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white ocean liner, blue funnel with circular logo, rows of portholes, upper-deck passengers, harbor water, cranes or masts, and a small tugboat marked M.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, gate edges, dust, and scratches that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a harbor arrival insert, travel transition, establishing cutaway, or memory beat in a mid-century voyage sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents passenger-ship scale and dockside activity in an era when ocean liners remained a prominent form of international travel.
Research note: People and a visible funnel logo appear in frame, so copyright, trademark, and likeness considerations should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 8mm New York harbor ocean liner, vintage cruise ship at port, passenger ship deck crowd, and home movie tugboat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1948 New York harbor material, then broader vintage cruise, tourism, and ocean-liner scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York harbor footage showing a large white ocean liner at port, passengers on upper decks, and a small tugboat alongside. — Ocean liner at a New York port with passengers gathered on deck.

Passengers stand along the upper decks of a docked ocean liner.

Soft 8mm frame of a 1948 New York ocean liner at port, showing the funnel, porthole rows, deck railings, and passengers. — The liner fills the frame, with passengers visible above rows of portholes.

1948 New York harbor home-movie frame showing a white ocean liner at the pier with passengers on deck and visible film wear. — A white ocean liner remains docked as passengers look out from the decks.

Visually Similar Clips