Sydney New South Wales-1967: White-Sailed Sloop and a Motoring Yacht Crossing the Harbour From Above

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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What is in this clip

recreational sailing
harbour life
tourist viewpoint
1960s travel
Sydney Harbour
leisure boating
aerial perspective

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · high angle looking almost straight down
Setting: outdoor · harbour waterway beside a bridge
Time and weather: day · unknown · clear with light breeze
Lighting: natural daylight
People: 1 · One small, unidentifiable figure in red aboard the yacht with lowered sails.
Vehicles: sloop under sail · yacht motoring with sails lowered
Landmarks: Sydney Harbour
Objects: mainsail · jib · mast · boat wake · grey bridge structure edge
Colors: deep blue · navy · cream white · grey
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A white-sailed sloop and a second yacht with lowered sails cross the harbour below the camera.
The upper yacht, a figure in red aboard, motors toward the left edge trailing a wake.
The upper yacht leaves the frame at left.
The sloop sails on alone across rippled blue water.

White-Sailed Sloop and a Motoring Yacht Crossing the... — Clip Details

Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, circa 1967 home movie footage, filmed looking almost straight down from high on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. A white-hulled sloop under mainsail and jib crosses dark blue, wind-rippled water in the lower half of the frame. Above it a second yacht with its sails lowered motors across with a figure in red aboard, trailing a wake until it slips out at the left edge. A grey strip of structure runs down the left side throughout this single handheld shot.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000098

Rights & Clearance

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1967 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves requests for late-1960s Sydney Harbour boating or a visitor's view from the Harbour Bridge, for documentaries, travel histories and education pieces.
Period detail: The clip itself shows few dated objects; the classic wooden-style sloop and the colour of the stock may show the 1960s, with dating resting on the Opera House construction stage seen in the same sequence.
Home-movie behavior: A tourist high on the Harbour Bridge points the camera straight down and follows passing yachts, an unstaged record of what caught a visitor's eye.
What appears in frame: A white-hulled sloop with mainsail and jib, a second yacht motoring with sails lowered, a figure in red aboard, a pale wake, rippled dark blue water and a grey strip of structure at left.
Film character: Strong blue colour bias, creamy highlights on the sails, visible grain and slightly soft focus from projected small-gauge film, with gentle handheld drift.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or transition between bridge and Opera House shots, or as a calm memory beat in a 1960s travel sequence.
Historical context: Filmed during the period when the Opera House shells stood complete but unfinished, the shot shows ordinary leisure sailing on the harbour seen from the bridge.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness and property; the figure aboard is not identifiable, but the privately owned boats and any crew are not cleared, so assess use before release.
Research search match: Sydney Harbour sailboat from above 1960s, yacht seen from Harbour Bridge, vintage home movie Sydney sailing, overhead sloop archival colour film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Harbour Bridge approach traffic, Opera House under construction, bridge arch and deck, and lookout orientation drum clips, then other circa 1967 Sydney material, then overhead sailing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Sloop under full sail and a motoring yacht seen from high on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, circa 1967 — A sloop and a second yacht cross Sydney Harbour below the Harbour Bridge, circa 1967.
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Motoring yacht nears the bridge structure as a sloop sails on Sydney Harbour, circa 1967 home movie — The upper yacht heads for the left edge of frame as the sloop holds its course, Sydney Harbour, circa 1967.
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Yacht slips out of view beside the Harbour Bridge as a white sloop sails across Sydney Harbour, circa 1967 — Only the stern and wake of the second yacht remain as the sloop crosses the harbour, circa 1967.
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Lone white-sailed sloop on Sydney Harbour seen from high on the Harbour Bridge, circa 1967 — The sloop sails alone across Sydney Harbour, filmed from the Harbour Bridge, circa 1967.
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