New York City-1960: Passengers Waving From A Large Boat At Departure

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 New York City

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Passengers Waving From A Large Boat At Departure — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures passengers aboard a large boat departing from New York City. The footage shows a view from the dock, with people in coats standing on the deck, waving as the ship moves away. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a strong sense of nostalgia, with visible film grain and slight camera shake. Passengers, including women in coats and scarves, are seen smiling and waving from the railing, while the ship's structure and rigging are visible in the foreground. This authentic archival footage offers a candid glimpse into mid-century travel and maritime life.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127724893

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 1960s documentary or editorial sequences needing passenger-ship departure footage from New York City with visible travelers waving from deck railings.
Period detail: Coats, scarves, ship railings, deck fittings, and the 8mm color home-movie look support a mid-century travel setting, with the 1960 New York City date taken from clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the candid dockside viewpoint, watching passengers smile, stand at the rail, and wave as the boat moves away.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ship structure, deck railings, passengers in coats, waving hands, dockside framing, rigging or mechanical fittings, and pale sky or hull surfaces.
Film character: The footage has handheld 8mm texture, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, frame-edge darkness, and mild color fading typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a departure insert, travel transition, maritime cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century New York passenger travel.
Historical context: The clip shows social travel behavior around a large vessel, with people gathered at railings and acknowledging someone filming from the dock.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed in addition to copyright and source-license checks.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 8mm New York City boat departure, passengers waving from ship deck, vintage home movie maritime travel, and dockside departure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1960 New York City waterfront material, then broader passenger-ship departure or travel farewell footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 New York City 8mm frame showing ship structure and railing, with passengers partly visible on a departing boat. — Passengers are partly obscured beneath the ship structure as the camera looks from the dock.

Passengers on a large boat in New York City stand near the railing, partly framed by dark ship structure. — People gather at the railing as the boat departs, with ship fittings filling the foreground.

Handheld 8mm view of passengers behind a ship railing, partially blocked by large vessel structure during departure. — The camera catches passengers and deck hardware from a low dockside angle.

1960 New York City departure frame with women in coats standing at a ship railing and one passenger waving toward the dock. — Women at the railing face the camera, including one passenger waving during departure.

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