New York-1947: Woman At Ocean Edge Walking In Waves

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

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Woman At Ocean Edge Walking In Waves — Clip Details

A young woman in a white blouse and blue shorts stands at the edge of the ocean, her back to the camera, as waves crash around her feet. Shot on 8mm film in 1947, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment of seaside contemplation. The grainy, slightly faded color and natural lighting evoke a nostalgic 1940s Americana feel. The woman, with a red flower in her hair, remains still as the wind stirs the water, creating a serene and timeless scene. The footage shows signs of age, including film grain and light scratches, enhancing its authentic archival quality.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124759105

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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: 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

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: Useful for 1940s New York seaside home-movie requests needing a quiet beach insert, shoreline cutaway, or personal travel memory beat.
Period detail: The woman's white blouse, high-waisted blue shorts, and red hair flower may show late-1940s casual beachwear, supported by the 1947 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the way the woman stands with her back to the camera, watching surf and stepping near the breaking waves.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the woman at the ocean edge, white surf, dark rolling waves, wet sand, a red hair flower, blue shorts, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, gate edges, and small scratches that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief shoreline insert, reflective transition, personal memory beat, or visual pause within a 1940s coastal sequence.
Historical context: The scene suggests casual leisure at a New York oceanfront, showing an ordinary home-movie view of a woman encountering surf rather than a staged event.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, private property, or children are visible in the frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1947 New York beach home movie, 8mm woman at ocean edge, vintage waves and surf, and 1940s seaside leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1947 New York seaside material, then broader vintage beach and ocean-wave home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1947 New York home-movie footage, a woman faces the ocean as surf breaks near her feet. — A woman stands with her back to the camera at the edge of rough surf.

A woman in casual beach clothing faces rolling surf in 1947 New York archival home-movie footage. — The woman remains near the waterline as waves approach the shore.

The woman stands close to foamy waves, with rough ocean water filling the background in a 1940s beach scene. — Foam rises around the shoreline as the woman watches the water.

A soft, blurred 8mm frame shows the woman's lower body and feet near shallow surf at the shoreline. — The final frame softens as the camera catches legs and shallow moving water.

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