New York City-1960: Panning Across The Top Deck Of A Ship Showing People And

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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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Panning Across The Top Deck Of A Ship Showing People And — Clip Details

Panning across the top deck of a ship in New York City in 1960, this 8mm home movie captures a vintage maritime scene. The footage shows a large vessel with a prominent red funnel and white superstructure, filmed from a moving perspective. The camera moves horizontally, revealing the ship's railing, deck details, and distant shoreline under a purple-tinged sky. A ship's mast with hanging flags appears in one frame, while the grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a nostalgic, archival feel. The clip offers authentic period footage of 1960s transportation and maritime life.

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: 127724840

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: 1960s New York maritime home-movie footage for editors needing a brief ship-deck cutaway, travel insert, or harbor transportation detail.
Period detail: The red funnel, white ship structure, railings, mast, and small flags may show mid-century passenger or excursion vessel details.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld pan from a nearby moving vantage gives the clip the feel of a visitor noticing ship details rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red funnel, white superstructure, deck railing, dark vertical obstructions, distant shoreline, two blurred adults, a mast, and flags.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, color shift toward purple, and handheld motion that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short maritime insert, travel transition, harbor memory beat, or cutaway between broader New York City scenes.
Historical context: The clip places leisure or transportation activity within a waterfront setting, with ship details and skyline hints rather than identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No logos or clear faces are readable, but blurred adults and vessel/property identification should still be reviewed for likeness and context rights.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960 New York City 8mm ship deck, home movie harbor pan, red funnel vessel, maritime travel footage, and mast flags.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1960 New York City waterfront clips, then broader mid-century ship and harbor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 New York City home-movie frame showing a red ship funnel, white superstructure, railing, and dark vertical foreground bars. — A red funnel and white ship structure pass behind dark foreground framing during the pan.

White vessel structure and railing appear against a dark distant shoreline in this 1960 New York City ship-deck view. — The pan moves across white ship surfaces and railing with shoreline visible beyond.

Two blurred adults appear near railings and white deck panels during the 1960 New York City ship pan. — Blurred adults are briefly visible beside the ship railing and deck structure.

A ship mast with rigging and hanging flags appears beside the red and white vessel structure in the 1960 New York City footage. — A mast with rigging and small flags comes into view near the ship's red and white structure.

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