New York-1948: Passengers Watch Tugboat Push Ocean Liner

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 New York

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Passengers Watch Tugboat Push Ocean Liner — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1948: Passengers in 1940s attire stand on a ship's wooden deck, silhouetted against the sunlit water as they watch a tugboat push a large passenger liner. The vintage 8mm film captures the scene with soft focus and a distinct blue-purple color cast, showing a red flag fluttering in the breeze. The crowd, dressed in period clothing, observes the maritime activity from the deck, with the city skyline visible in the distance. This authentic home movie footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century travel and harbor operations.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127560202

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.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s documentary edits needing home-movie views of New York harbor travel, shipboard passengers, and tugboat activity.
Period detail: The clothing, ship deck, tugboat, passenger liner, and color 8mm look support a late-1940s maritime travel setting in New York.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an observer's deck-level view as passengers pause at the rail to watch harbor work below.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include silhouetted passengers, a wooden deck, harbor water, a tugboat, a large passenger liner, a red flag, railings, and a distant skyline.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate shadows, and a blue-purple color cast give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime cutaway, travel transition, or reflective memory beat between broader New York harbor scenes.
Historical context: The scene shows mid-century passengers watching tugboat assistance from a ship, suggesting everyday harbor movement rather than a staged event.
Research note: People and a visible vessel marking or logo require likeness and trademark review, while copyright status should be assessed separately from those concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1948 New York harbor home movie, 8mm tugboat and ocean liner, passengers on ship deck, or vintage maritime travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel shipboard footage, then other 1948 New York harbor material, then broader tugboat, ocean liner, and passenger travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1948 New York home-movie footage, passengers in period clothing stand on a ship deck watching activity on the water. — Passengers gather at the rail on a ship deck, silhouetted against bright harbor water.

A tugboat sits beside a large passenger liner in New York harbor, with a red flag and distant skyline visible. — A tugboat works near the side of a passenger liner while a red flag flutters in the foreground.

The red flag, tugboat, passenger liner, and hazy skyline remain visible in this 1948 New York harbor view. — The camera holds on the tugboat and liner, framed by a red flag and deck railings.

A steady deck view shows a tugboat beside a passenger liner in New York harbor, with a red flag moving in the foreground. — A red flag flutters as the tugboat stays close to the liner on the harbor water.

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