New York City New York-1976: Four-Masted Schooner Under Sail Behind a Small Motorboat

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 · New York City, New York, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1976 · New York City · Reel b8283f8e contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

maritime heritage
sailing
recreational boating
harbor activity
urban waterfront
amateur travel filming

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · tilt · Near water level, looking across the harbor
Setting: outdoor · Open harbor water with a distant urban waterfront
Time and weather: daytime · Undetermined; warm-weather clothing is visible · Partly cloudy
Lighting: Natural daylight with dark foreground silhouettes
People: 2 · Two people aboard the foreground motorboat, one upright at the left and one beside the windshield; faces and ages are indistinct.
Vehicles: four-masted schooner · small motorboat
Objects: triangular sails · four masts · rigging · bowsprit · boat windshield · light-colored hull · distant waterfront buildings
Colors: muted blue · lavender gray · off-white · dark gray
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A small motorboat carrying two people fills the lower foreground beneath the schooner.
The camera tilts upward, cropping most of the nearer boat while retaining the sails.
The schooner's long hull and four masts sit low against the distant waterfront.
Both foreground occupants reappear more clearly as the framing shifts downward.

Four-Masted Schooner Under Sail Behind a Small Motorboat — Clip Details

New York Harbor, circa 1976 home movie footage shows a four-masted schooner with pale sails spread above a long, light-colored hull. Two people occupy a small motorboat in the foreground, with a low waterfront skyline beyond the sailing vessel. The continuous boat-level view sways and tilts, sometimes cropping the nearer passengers along the bottom edge. Grain, vertical scratches and a muted blue-purple cast characterize the projected-film capture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003825

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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: 1976 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: Supports documentary requests for circa 1976 New York Harbor recreation and a four-masted schooner seen from a small-boat perspective.
Period detail: The low motorboat windshield, lightly dressed occupants and color-film rendering are consistent with the section's circa 1976 estimate.
Home-movie behavior: The camera follows the sailing vessel while nearby boaters drift in and out of the lower framing, preserving an unstaged outing perspective.
What appears in frame: Four masts, pale triangular sails, a projecting bowsprit, a long hull, two foreground boaters and a distant waterfront share the view.
Film character: Soft detail, blue-purple color rendition, grain, dust and vertical scratches accompany the swaying projected-film capture.
Edit role: Works as a maritime cutaway or a short observational beat between wider harbor views and closer pleasure-boat scenes.
Historical context: The checked section context suggests the circa 1976 New York tall ship celebrations, while this shot itself shows no identifying event banner or date.
Research note: No vessel name or logo is readable; copyright licensing is separate from likeness and vessel-property permissions, and the two occupants' ages are unclear.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1976 New York Harbor home movies, four-masted schooners under sail and pleasure boats on small-gauge color film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's blimp, other tall ship, flag-decorated cruiser and furled-sail schooner, then with circa 1976 New York Harbor views and broader sailing material.

Still Frames From This Clip

New York Harbor, circa 1976: two boaters and a low motorboat windshield fill the foreground beneath a four-masted schooner under sail. — A small motorboat crosses the foreground of the broadside schooner view.
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A sky-heavy view of a schooner's four masts and pale sails in New York Harbor, circa 1976, with boaters cropped along the bottom. — Upward framing leaves the schooner and foreground occupants near the lower edge.
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New York Harbor, circa 1976: a four-masted schooner appears broadside against the distant waterfront, above two foreground silhouettes. — The schooner's hull and sail arrangement are visible against the low waterfront.
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Two foreground boaters watch the harbor beside an angled windshield, with a four-masted schooner beyond in New York Harbor, circa 1976. — The foreground occupants return more fully into view beneath the schooner's sails.
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