New York City New York-1964: Ocean Liner with Smoking Funnel and a Tug at Her Bow

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 · New York City, New York, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

ocean liners
transatlantic travel
maritime history
harbor work
tugboats
mid-century America
tourism

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld
Setting: outdoor · harbor waterfront with an ocean liner beside a pier
Time and weather: day · overcast, hazy
Lighting: flat diffused daylight under a grey sky
People: 0 · No people are distinguishable in the frames.
Vehicles: ocean liner SS United States · tugboat
Landmarks: SS United States
Objects: red white and blue funnels · smoke from funnel · foremast with American flag · lifeboats · black hull with red boot-topping · pier building
Readable signs: UNITED STATES
Colors: red · white · black · grey-green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Both funnels in frame, with dark smoke rising from the forward stack.
The forward funnel and flag-topped foremast fill the upper frame as the view moves toward the bow.
The bow lettering and a pier structure come into view at the right.
The bow reads 'UNITED STATES' with a tugboat tucked in beside it.

Ocean Liner with Smoking Funnel and a Tug at Her Bow — Clip Details

New York Harbor, circa 1964, home movie footage of the ocean liner SS United States. The shot opens midships on her red, white and blue funnels, with dark smoke rising from the forward stack and an American flag flying from the foremast. The view then moves along the white superstructure and black hull to the bow, where the name 'UNITED STATES' is lettered and a small tugboat sits close beside a pier. It is a single handheld 8mm shot taken low across the water under a hazy grey sky.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000840

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fills requests for colour amateur footage of the SS United States in New York Harbor during her 1952 to 1969 service, around 1964, for maritime, travel or New York history productions.
Period detail: The liner's red, white and blue funnels, rows of lifeboats and the faded 8mm colour belong to her service years, and the tug may show the harbour's routine of assisting liners at the piers.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor films the famous liner from low on the water, following the hull from her smoking funnel to her name at the bow the way a sightseer would take her in.
What appears in frame: Two red, white and blue funnels, dark smoke from the forward stack, an American flag on the foremast, lifeboats along the white superstructure, 'UNITED STATES' on the bow, a tug and a pier building.
Film character: Heavy 8mm grain, soft focus and a green-grey colour shift give the shot real home-movie texture, while the red funnel bands still carry strongly against the hazy sky.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or cutaway for a sailing, arrival or harbour sequence, and as a short memory beat about travel by sea.
Historical context: The SS United States sailed from her July 1952 maiden voyage until her withdrawal in November 1969, and New York tugs routinely helped liners in and out of the North River piers.
Research note: No identifiable people appear; the vessel name and United States Lines funnel livery are visible, and copyright in this amateur film is a separate question from any trademark or property interest in the ship.
Research search match: SS United States 8mm home movie, ocean liner New York Harbor 1960s, tugboat assisting liner, vintage transatlantic liner footage, red white and blue funnels film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Red Lehigh Valley tugboat and suspension bridge clips, then with other New York Harbor liner footage of the 1960s, then with ocean travel and harbour work material.

Still Frames From This Clip

SS United States showing both funnels with smoke from the forward stack, New York Harbor, circa 1964, 8mm home movie — The SS United States midships, smoke rising from her forward funnel, New York Harbor, circa 1964.
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Thick smoke from the forward funnel of the SS United States beside her flagged foremast, New York Harbor, circa 1964 — Heavy smoke trails from the liner's forward stack as the view moves toward the bow.
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Forward hull of the SS United States approaching a pier building, name lettering near the bow, New York Harbor, circa 1964 — The forward hull and superstructure, with the bow lettering and a pier coming into view.
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Bow of the SS United States with her name on the hull and a tugboat alongside, New York Harbor, circa 1964, 8mm film — 'UNITED STATES' on the bow, with a tugboat working close in beside the pier.
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