New York City-1960: Waving Woman at Statue of Liberty Ferry with City Skyline and Shipyard View

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 New York City

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Waving Woman at Statue of Liberty Ferry with City... — Clip Details

A young woman in a dark coat waves joyfully at the camera in front of a ferry labeled 'Statue of Liberty Ferry' in New York City, 1960. The scene transitions to a view from a moving boat, capturing the city skyline across the water, with industrial buildings, shipyards, and a distant bird flying overhead. Shot on 8mm film, the footage features natural grain, soft focus, and a nostalgic color palette, evoking a personal home movie from the 1960s. The sequence captures both a personal moment and the urban landscape of New York during a ferry tour.

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: 127723521

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 1615 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: november 23-26
Reel-level year note: 1960
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1960 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 City, 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 1960s New York travel, harbor, ferry, and tourist-memory edits needing a brief personal moment followed by waterfront skyline views.
Period detail: The ferry signage, dark overcoat, soft color stock, and industrial waterfront may show New York harbor visitor travel around 1960.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as a woman waves directly to the camera before the camera shifts to views from a moving boat.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a waving woman, Statue of Liberty Ferry signage, harbor water, skyline silhouettes, industrial buildings, shipyard-like structures, a rope or cable, and a flying bird.
Film character: The 8mm image has visible grain, rounded frame edges, handheld movement, muted color, and soft focus that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a New York harbor insert, a travel transition, a ferry-tour cutaway, or a memory beat linking people and place.
Historical context: The footage places a private tourist gesture against New York's working waterfront, combining personal travel documentation with industrial harbor views.
Research note: Human review should note a visible face and readable ferry signage; copyright, likeness, trademark, and location issues may require separate clearance analysis.
Research search match: Searches it may match include 1960 New York City 8mm ferry, Statue of Liberty ferry woman waving, New York harbor skyline home movie, and industrial waterfront boat view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel New York travel shots, then other 1960 New York harbor material, then broader ferry, skyline, tourist, and waterfront home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1960 New York City, a woman waves toward the camera beside a ferry marked Statue of Liberty Ferry. — A woman waves at the camera near the Statue of Liberty Ferry.

New York City harbor view from a boat, with water in the foreground and a distant skyline across the frame. — A boat-view look across the harbor toward the city skyline.

A 1960 New York harbor view shows industrial waterfront buildings and skyline silhouettes beyond the water. — Industrial waterfront buildings and skyline seen across the harbor.

New York harbor scene with industrial buildings, skyline shapes, a diagonal cable, and a bird in the sky. — A bird crosses above the harbor and distant waterfront.

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