New York-1947: Four Navy Personnel Walking Near Building

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Year1947
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1947 New York

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Four Navy Personnel Walking Near Building — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1947: A group of four Navy personnel in formal uniforms walk across a paved area near a large institutional building. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows a man in a peaked cap smiling at the camera before the group proceeds together. A vintage car is parked nearby, and the scene captures a moment of official movement in a mid-century American setting. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1940s-era aesthetics.

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: 124758664

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1947 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, 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: 1940s New York home-movie footage for documentary or educational edits needing uniformed Navy personnel near an institutional building.
Period detail: The peaked caps, dark formal uniforms, vintage parked car, and large low-rise institutional building support a mid-century American setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an informal observer's view, including a uniformed man briefly acknowledging the camera before the group continues walking.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include Navy personnel, peaked caps, dark uniforms, a paved road, lawn, institutional buildings, windows, and a parked vintage car.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, handheld framing, and contact-print density shifts typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for wartime-era service life, official travel, or mid-century campus movement.
Historical context: The scene visually places uniformed Navy personnel in a formal public or institutional setting without identifying the specific building or event.
Research note: People and military uniforms are visible, so likeness and contextual review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1947 New York Navy personnel 8mm footage, uniformed sailors walking, vintage institutional building, and mid-century home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1947 New York scenes, and then broader Navy uniform or institutional exterior footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1947 New York 8mm frame showing a close building wall, window, dark vertical framing, and a blurred person at the edge. — The opening frame catches the side of a building and a partially visible figure before the group comes into clearer view.

1947 New York frame with Navy personnel in dark uniforms walking past a lawn, institutional building, and parked vintage car. — Uniformed personnel move across the paved area with a large building and parked car in the background.

1947 New York 8mm frame showing four Navy personnel in formal uniforms walking together beside a lawn and institutional building. — The group of four uniformed personnel continues walking together across the paved foreground.

1947 New York frame with uniformed figures at the edge of a broad lawn and large institutional buildings in the background. — The final frame widens to show the campus-like exterior, broad lawn, and uniformed figures near the lower edge.

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