New York City New York-1948: Laughing Passengers in Hats and Suits Gather at a Liner's Rail

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 · New York City, New York, United States

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What is in this clip

farewell
ocean travel
friendship
postwar leisure
1940s fashion
amateur photography
departure

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · deck of a passenger liner at the rail, with river water and a cliff-top shore behind
Time and weather: day · clear and sunny
Lighting: bright natural sunlight
People: 8 · Adult men and women in late-1940s dress: women in small perched hats, tailored suits and jackets with handbags, men in suits with ties, one carrying a camera in a leather case.
Vehicles: passenger liner
Landmarks: cliff-top shoreline consistent with the Hudson Palisades
Objects: ship's rail · handbags · camera in leather case · gloves · radio mast · apartment buildings on far shore · hats
Colors: blue · tan · lavender · brown · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A woman in a yellow hat chats with a man in a dark suit at the rail.
The camera drifts right as two men grin beside a woman in a powder-blue suit.
A woman at the rail claps her hands and the group laughs.
A smiling woman in a tan jacket and white cap comes into view.
A man looks down at a camera in a leather case as the woman laughs behind her glove.

Laughing Passengers in Hats and Suits Gather at a... — Clip Details

New York City, circa 1948, home movie footage of a group of passengers laughing together at the rail of a liner, with river water and a cliff-top shore of buildings and a radio mast behind them. Women in small perched hats and tailored suits and men in broad-lapelled jackets chat, clap and smile as the handheld camera drifts right along the group. The shot ends on a smiling woman in a tan jacket and a man looking down at a camera in a leather case. The colour 8mm film carries a strong blue cast and fine grain.

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: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000100

Rights & Clearance

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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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1948 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: New York City, New York, United States 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

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: Fits a request for late-1940s colour footage of passengers seeing off or starting an ocean voyage from New York, for travel, fashion or postwar history productions.
Period detail: Small perched hats, tailored women's suits, broad-lapelled men's jackets and wide ties may show late-1940s fashion, and the camera in a leather case suits amateur photography of the period.
Home-movie behavior: The friends are relaxed and unposed, laughing, clapping and fiddling with a camera, giving an insider's view of a group sharing the start of a trip.
What appears in frame: A woman in a yellow hat and tan suit, a man in a dark suit, a woman in powder blue with her back turned, a laughing woman in a tan jacket and white cap, a man with a camera, the ship's rail and a far shore with a radio mast.
Film character: Colour 8mm with a strong blue cast, fine grain, scattered dust specks and a gently drifting handheld pan give the scene an authentic amateur texture.
Edit role: Works as an opening memory beat or establishing moment for a voyage sequence, or as a cutaway to period travellers before a departure.
Historical context: The shore behind fits the Hudson Palisades facing the Manhattan liner piers, where New York harbour tugs such as Moran's docked passenger ships.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from the likeness of the identifiable, unnamed adults shown, so commercial uses may call for a likeness review; no logos or artwork are visible.
Research search match: Matches searches like 1940s bon voyage on liner deck, colour 8mm passengers at ship rail, and late-1940s New York ocean voyage home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with Friends at a ship's rail in harbour and the steam tender from the same reel, then other late-1940s New York harbour footage, then other ship farewell scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman in yellow hat and man in dark suit at a liner's rail, Hudson River shore behind, New York City, circa 1948 — Passengers at the liner's rail, a woman in a yellow hat laughing, New York City, circa 1948.
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Smiling group of late-1940s passengers in suits and hats at a liner's rail, cliff-top shore behind, New York City — Two men in suits grin among friends at the rail, with the cliff-top shore across the water.
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Woman in tan jacket and white cap smiles at a liner rail, radio mast on the far shore, New York City, circa 1948 — A woman in a tan jacket and white cap joins the laughing group, a radio mast rising on the far shore.
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Passenger laughs behind her glove as a man checks his camera on a liner deck, New York City, circa 1948 — A woman laughs behind her glove while a man looks down at his camera in a leather case.
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