New York City-1960: Women Being Filmed As They Board A Huge Boat

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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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Women Being Filmed As They Board A Huge Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a woman boarding a large passenger ship in New York City. The footage shows the ship's towering mast with flags, a red smokestack, and the deck's ventilation grilles under a hazy purple sky. A man stands on the upper deck, and the grainy, color-bleached visuals evoke a nostalgic mid-century travel moment. The clip offers authentic archival footage of maritime life and passenger travel from the era.

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: 127724852

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: 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: Useful for documentary or educational edits needing 1960 New York passenger-ship boarding and mid-century maritime travel atmosphere from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The large passenger vessel, mast flags, red funnel, deck vents, and clothing styles support a mid-century ocean-travel setting in New York City.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an observer's boarding-day perspective, catching women and nearby passengers moving around the ship deck without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a ship mast with flags, red funnel sections, white deck vents, railings, passengers, a doorway, and hazy sky above the vessel.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, handheld framing, grain, faded color, and purple-blue exposure shifts that preserve the texture of physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, travel transition, ship-departure cutaway, or memory beat in a sequence about passenger travel or New York departures.
Historical context: The clip visually places ordinary travelers on a large passenger ship, suggesting the social ritual of boarding and deck observation during early 1960s travel.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos are apparent, but copyright and location/property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1960 8mm New York passenger ship boarding, women boarding ocean liner, vintage home movie ship deck, or mid-century maritime travel may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1960 New York harbor or ship footage, then broader mid-century passenger travel and departure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 New York City home-movie frame showing a passenger ship mast with flags, red funnel, vents, and upper deck details. — A mast with signal flags and red funnel sections rises above the ship deck.

A woman moves across the deck of a large passenger ship in 1960 New York City, with vents, railing, and doorway behind her. — A passenger crosses the ship deck near ventilation grilles and a doorway.

Two women are seen from behind on a passenger ship deck in 1960 New York City, near white ventilation grilles and deck hardware. — Two women are framed from behind beside the ship's ventilation grilles.

A man stands on an upper deck of a large passenger ship in 1960 New York City, with railings, mast lines, and a funnel nearby. — A lone figure stands on the upper deck under a purple-tinted sky.

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