Long Beach New York-1946: A Group Of People Posing At The Beach And All Fall

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationLong Beach, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Long Beach New York

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A Group Of People Posing At The Beach And All Fall — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a group of young adults at Long Beach, New York, enjoying a sunny day at the beach. Dressed in period-appropriate swimwear and casual clothes, they pose playfully around a large striped beach umbrella, laughing and interacting with natural charm. The footage shows them gathering closely, then playfully collapsing together in a heap, capturing a moment of carefree fun. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124753480

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only 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.

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

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1946 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: Long Beach, 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: 1940s 8mm home-movie beach footage suited for documentary inserts about leisure, friendship, summer travel, or postwar social life.
Period detail: The swimwear, casual slacks, striped beach umbrella, and soft color 8mm look support a mid-1940s beach outing, consistent with the 1946 Long Beach metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records a group posing for the camera, then turning the pose into a playful collapse with the loose timing of an unstaged home movie.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include young adults, a large striped beach umbrella, ocean surf, sand, a shaded boardwalk or beach shelter, benches, and casual summer clothing.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memory beat, summer-life cutaway, playful transition, or brief social-history insert within a 1940s sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows informal mixed-gender beach recreation and group posing at Long Beach without supporting claims about a specific event or organization.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from appearance releases.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1946 Long Beach New York 8mm beach group, 1940s home movie umbrella pose, and vintage friends falling on sand.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel beach scenes, then other 1946 Long Beach footage, then broader 1940s summer leisure or group vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Young adults at Long Beach, New York, pose closely around a striped beach umbrella in 1946 home-movie footage. — A beach group gathers around a striped umbrella with the ocean behind them.

The Long Beach group starts to break from the pose, with several people leaning or falling beside the striped umbrella. — The posed group begins a playful collapse around the umbrella.

At a Long Beach shelter or boardwalk area, beachgoers stand and sit while one person moves near the camera. — The action shifts to a shaded beach shelter with people nearby.

Beachgoers remain near a shaded Long Beach shelter as a person moves through the foreground in soft-focus 8mm footage. — People linger near the shaded shelter as the home movie continues.

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