New York City-1960: Queen Mary Ocean Liner Docked At Riverbank In 8mm Film

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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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Queen Mary Ocean Liner Docked At Riverbank In 8mm Film — Clip Details

NEW YORK CITY-1960: A vintage 8mm film clip captures the iconic Queen Mary ocean liner docked at a bustling port, its massive black hull and distinctive red-and-white funnels standing out against the water. A small tugboat maneuvers alongside the grand vessel, emphasizing its scale. The footage, shot from a distance, shows the ship stationary near the riverbank under an overcast sky, with a faint cityscape in the background. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of 1960s home movie footage, evoking a sense of mid-century maritime nostalgia and urban grandeur.

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: 127725005

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: Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary requests needing visitor-shot New York harbor footage of a large ocean liner at dock.
Period detail: The black hull, red-and-white funnels, tugboat, and soft 8mm color point to mid-century passenger liner and harbor activity.
Home-movie behavior: The distant, steady framing reads as a visitor or traveler recording the ship from across the water rather than staged coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large ocean liner, two red funnels, a small tugboat, open water, dockside structures, a hazy skyline, and film gate edges.
Film character: The clip has faded color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-print framing consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime establishing insert, a travel-memory cutaway, or a transition into New York harbor material.
Historical context: The view documents passenger-ship scale and waterfront activity in a New York City setting without showing identifiable people or street-level detail.
Research note: No people are visible, but vessel identity, artwork, trademarks, and location-related rights should still be checked for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960s 8mm New York harbor ocean liner footage, Queen Mary docked, tugboat beside passenger ship, and home-movie maritime views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1960 New York City harbor footage, then broader ocean liner, tugboat, and waterfront transportation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 New York City home-movie frame showing a large ocean liner docked across the water with red funnels and hazy shoreline behind it. — A large ocean liner sits docked across the water, with its funnels and upper decks visible through soft 8mm focus.

1960 New York City harbor view of the docked ocean liner, with a small tugboat near the dark hull and water in the foreground. — The liner remains stationary while a small tugboat sits alongside, emphasizing the ship's scale.

Soft 8mm frame of the liner's midsection in New York City, with two red funnels, deck railings, and a tugboat below the hull. — A closer broadside view shows the ship's funnels, railings, and tugboat against a muted harbor backdrop.

1960 New York City harbor frame showing the ocean liner broadside, red funnels above the decks, and open water below. — The final frame holds on the docked liner, its funnels and long hull softened by faded color and film grain.

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