New York City-1960: Large Ocean Liner Docked With Smokestacks

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

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

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.

Large Ocean Liner Docked With Smokestacks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a large ocean liner docked in New York City. The clip pans across the ship's midsection, showcasing its white hull, prominent red and white smokestacks emitting plumes of smoke, and detailed deck structures. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke a nostalgic mid-century maritime atmosphere, with the vessel's imposing scale emphasized against the overcast sky. This archival footage offers a glimpse into 1960s maritime travel and industrial elegance.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127724623

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s New York City maritime, ocean-liner, harbor, and passenger-travel inserts in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The white superstructure, red-and-white funnels, railings, portholes, and smoke plume support a mid-century ocean-liner setting, with the 1960 date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The view has a visitor-shot quality, panning from a nearby vantage point and observing the ship's scale without staged action or visible passengers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the ship's white upper decks, red-and-white smokestacks, dark hull, portholes, deck railings, mast details, smoke plume, and overcast sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a harbor establishing insert, travel transition, maritime cutaway, or brief memory beat for mid-century ocean travel.
Historical context: The clip reflects a period when large passenger liners remained prominent visual symbols of long-distance travel and urban waterfront activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but ship identity, property context, and underlying copyright should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1960 8mm New York City ocean liner, vintage home movie docked ship, smokestack smoke harbor footage, and mid-century passenger ship.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1960 New York City waterfront material, then broader ocean-liner, harbor, and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 New York City home-movie frame showing a large docked ocean liner with white upper decks, dark hull, and a smoking red-and-white funnel. — A docked ocean liner is seen in close side view, with smoke rising from a red-and-white funnel.

1960 New York City frame of the ocean liner's midsection, showing deck structures, rigging or mast details, portholes, and the dark hull. — The camera continues across the ship's midsection, showing upper decks and a partially visible funnel.

A later frame from the 1960 New York City home movie shows the liner's side with deck railings, small portholes, mast detail, and dark hull. — Deck railings and small portholes pass through the frame as the home-movie pan continues.

The 1960 New York City footage reaches the liner's forward section, with the bow area, deck railings, portholes, and dark hull visible. — The pan reaches the forward section of the docked liner, with the bow shape and upper railings visible.

Visually Similar Clips