New York City-1960: Ship Sailing In Calm

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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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Ship Sailing In Calm — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a massive ocean liner sailing calmly in New York City harbor. The grainy, monochrome footage reveals the ship's white hull, prominent red-and-white smokestacks, and intricate superstructure against an overcast sky. As the camera pans slowly, the vessel's scale and classic mid-century design become evident, with visible railings, masts, and deck details. The footage exudes a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a rare glimpse of maritime travel during the golden age of ocean liners.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127724597

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s New York City harbor edits needing archival home-movie footage of a large ocean liner moving calmly through frame.
Period detail: The white hull, red-and-white funnels, masts, railings and 8mm color stock may show mid-century ocean-liner travel details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot harbor viewpoint, with a slow handheld pan tracking the ship's upper decks rather than a staged maritime scene.
What appears in frame: Visible details include the ship's white hull, red funnels, deck railings, masts, rigging, superstructure, overcast sky and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The scan carries strong 8mm grain, soft focus, muted color, gate edges and slight handheld drift that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief insert, transition, harbor cutaway or memory beat for mid-century travel and maritime sequences.
Historical context: The footage shows ocean-liner scale and deck architecture in New York City harbor without identifying the vessel or implying a specific voyage.
Research note: No people, faces, logos or audible music are indicated, but vessel identity, copyright and any property-related concerns should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960 8mm New York harbor ocean liner, vintage home movie ship, and mid-century passenger vessel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1960 New York City harbor clips, then broader ocean-liner, ship travel and waterfront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 New York City harbor footage showing the upper decks, mast and railings of a large ocean liner under an overcast sky. — The camera catches the ship's upper deck and mast as the ocean liner enters the frame.

1960 New York City harbor view of a large ocean liner's superstructure, with mast details and a red funnel visible. — A red funnel appears as the handheld pan follows the liner's deck line.

1960 New York City harbor shot showing two red funnels, upper decks and railings on a large ocean liner. — The pan centers on the liner's funnels and layered upper-deck structure.

1960 New York City harbor footage with the ocean liner's red funnels, railings and superstructure moving through a soft 8mm frame. — The ship continues past camera, leaving the funnels and upper decks prominent against the sky.

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