New York City-1960: Large Cruise Ship Sailing Away From Shoreline

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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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Large Cruise Ship Sailing Away From Shoreline — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a large ocean liner with distinctive red and black funnels slowly sailing away from a distant shoreline. The ship, likely a classic Cunard vessel, glides across calm waters under an overcast sky, its white superstructure contrasting with the dark hull. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain, color fading, and soft focus of Super 8 film, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century maritime travel. The city skyline is faintly visible in the background, suggesting a departure from New York City. This archival clip evokes a sense of adventure and historical elegance, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 127725047

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports archival requests for 1960s New York harbor home-movie footage of an ocean liner departure for documentary, museum, education, or editorial maritime sequences.
Period detail: The ocean liner's dark hull, white decks, and red-and-black funnels may show mid-century passenger ship design visible from a distant shoreline in 1960 footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot harbor viewpoint, observing the ship from shore or another vessel without staging, narration, or visible passengers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm harbor water, a large ocean liner, two red-and-black funnels, white upper decks, a dark hull, hazy shoreline, and overcast sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, muted color, gate edges, mild exposure variation, and visible grain that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a harbor departure insert, travel transition, maritime cutaway, or memory beat within a mid-century New York sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually situates passenger sea travel in a harbor setting, with the ship moving past a distant urban shoreline under subdued weather.
Research note: No people are visible, but ship identity, possible operator markings, copyright, and any property or trademark implications should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960 New York harbor ocean liner, 8mm cruise ship departure, vintage passenger ship on water, and mid-century maritime footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1960 New York City harbor material, then ocean liner, cruise ship, or travel departure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 New York City harbor footage showing a large ocean liner with red-and-black funnels passing a hazy shoreline. — Ocean liner seen broadside on calm harbor water with a distant shoreline behind it.

Large passenger ship continues across New York City harbor, its white decks and dark hull visible against a hazy shore. — The ship glides across the harbor with twin funnels standing out against the pale sky.

The liner is partly cropped as it moves through the harbor, with funnels, decks, water, and shoreline still visible. — A cropped view catches the ocean liner as it passes across the camera's field of view.

The liner remains in profile as it moves past the distant shoreline.

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