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New York-1948: Moving Ship And Blue Skies

  • Year1948
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationNew York, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1948 New York
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Moving Ship And Blue Skies — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a moving ship's perspective along a waterfront in New York. The view shows a row of classic early 20th-century buildings with arched windows and red flags lining the shore, viewed across calm blue water under a clear sky. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and a handheld, slightly unsteady camera movement, with the ship's railing visible in the foreground. This archival clip evokes a nostalgic, mid-century American travel memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127561075

Rights & Clearance

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 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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
New York, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • buildings
  • water
  • cruise
  • ships
  • moving
  • ship
  • blue
  • skies
  • backgrounds
  • textures
  • new york
  • 1948
  • 1948 New York waterfront
  • vintage 8mm film
  • moving ship footage
  • 1940s home movie
  • classic American travel
  • archival ship view
  • historic New York buildings
  • blue skies and water
  • 8mm home movie footage
  • vintage travel memory
  • retro 1940s film
  • waterfront architecture
  • ship railing view
  • classic 8mm film
  • nostalgic 1940s footage
  • vintage documentary clip
  • old film grain
  • historic American city
  • 1940s travel footage
  • vintage Super 8

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s New York travel or waterfront sequences needing visitor-shot 8mm views from a moving ship.

Still Frames From This Clip

Waterfront buildings seen across blue harbor water from a moving ship.

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