Long Island New York-1948: People Playing In The Water Collecting Things From

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationLong Island, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 New York

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People Playing In The Water Collecting Things From — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day on Long Island, New York, where a woman in a brown one-piece swimsuit and sunglasses stands in shallow water, smiling and holding a rake-like tool. A man in a wooden rowboat leans over the side, while another woman in a white swimsuit joins the activity. The scene unfolds near a cornfield under a bright sky, with natural film grain and color fading characteristic of Super 8 footage. The group appears to be collecting items from the water, embodying mid-century American leisure and nostalgia.

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: 124861648

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 1072 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: ny, boat
Reel-level year note: 1948
Reel-level location note: long island
Date: 1948 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Long Island, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 requests needing 1940s Long Island home-movie footage of casual waterside recreation, small-boat activity, or people gathering items in shallow water.
Period detail: The swimsuits, wooden rowboat, handheld 8mm color look, and rural waterside setting support a late-1940s leisure context, with the exact activity appearing informal.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged gestures: smiling toward the camera, leaning from the boat, and using hand tools while wading together in shallow water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults in swimsuits, shallow water, a wooden rowboat, rake-like collecting tools, sunglasses, reeds or cornfield growth, and bright outdoor light.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, gate edges, and handheld framing that read as original 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, memory beat, or cutaway for mid-century summer recreation, family outings, or informal coastal and lake activity.
Historical context: The footage shows a small group engaged in leisure or collecting activity near water, reflecting domestic home-movie attention to everyday outdoor recreation.
Research note: People are clearly visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, and copyright status should be assessed separately from privacy or publicity rights.
Research search match: Searches it may match include 1948 Long Island home movie, 8mm people wading in water, vintage rowboat recreation, and 1940s swimsuit leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island waterside footage, then broader mid-century family recreation or small-boat scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1948 Long Island footage, a woman in sunglasses and a brown swimsuit stands in shallow water beside a wooden rowboat. — A woman smiles toward the camera while standing in water near a rowboat and tall vegetation.

A woman in a brown one-piece swimsuit holds a rake-like collecting tool in shallow water near a wooden rowboat on Long Island. — The woman raises a rake-like tool as the boat and shoreline vegetation sit behind her.

A woman in a white swimsuit bends toward the water as a man leans low beside a wooden rowboat in 1948 Long Island home-movie footage. — Several adults gather at the boat while one woman bends over the shallow water.

Adults in swimsuits work or play in shallow water beside a wooden rowboat, with a woman using a long handle near the surface. — The group continues the waterside activity around the boat, with tools and bodies partly in the water.

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