Long Island New York-1948: Man Holding Horseshoe Crab Up To Camera

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

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Man Holding Horseshoe Crab Up To Camera — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored shirt and cap holds a horseshoe crab up to the camera with a smile, showcasing the prehistoric marine creature in a sunlit outdoor setting. The scene shifts to another man in patterned swim trunks standing in shallow water, handling a metal bucket near a boat. Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures candid moments of marine exploration on Long Island, with natural lighting, film grain, and color fading characteristic of mid-century home footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124861718

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 1940s documentary or editorial requests needing Long Island home-movie footage of casual shoreline wildlife handling and summer recreation.
Period detail: The clothing, swim trunks, metal pail, small boat, and color 8mm home-movie texture support a late-1940s recreational shoreline setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the smiling presentation of a horseshoe crab to the camera and a second man casually working with a bucket in shallow water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two adult men, a horseshoe crab, a cap, shallow water, marshy shoreline grass, a metal bucket, and the edge of a small boat.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm color, warm fading, visible grain, handheld framing, and exposure shifts that read as mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, shoreline cutaway, wildlife handling detail, or memory beat within a Long Island or summer recreation sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects informal postwar-era leisure near coastal water, with adults interacting with marine life rather than a staged scientific demonstration.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright status, personal releases, and any location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 Long Island 8mm home movie, horseshoe crab footage, vintage shoreline recreation, and mid-century coastal family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Long Island 1948 material, then with broader vintage beach, boating, or marine-life scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1948 Long Island home-movie footage, a man in a light cap smiles while holding a horseshoe crab close to the camera. — A man presents a horseshoe crab to the camera in a sunlit shoreline setting.

Close 8mm frame of a man holding a horseshoe crab up beside his face, with the shell and legs filling much of the view. — The horseshoe crab is held close to the lens, partially obscuring the man's face.

A shirtless man in patterned trunks bends beside a small boat in shallow Long Island water, handling something near a bucket or boat edge. — A man bends over beside a small boat while standing in shallow water.

A shirtless man in patterned swim trunks handles a metal bucket beside a small boat in shallow water on Long Island. — A man works with a metal bucket beside a boat at the edge of shallow water.

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