Long Island New York-1948: Man Harvesting Shellfish at Lakeside

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

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Man Harvesting Shellfish at Lakeside — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a man at a lakeside in Long Island, New York, harvesting shellfish. Shirtless and wearing patterned swim trunks, he carries a metal bucket filled with clams or mussels, moving from the water's edge to a boat. The footage shows natural daylight, lush green reeds in the background, and the characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century amateur film. This authentic slice of Americana offers nostalgic, archival footage of a simple, rural summer activity.

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: 124861729

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 home-movie footage of coastal Long Island shellfish harvesting and summer leisure work.
Period detail: The patterned swim trunks, metal pail, small boat edge, and saturated 8mm color support a late-1940s amateur-film setting without adding identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as a shirtless man casually shows or carries a bucket of shellfish at the water's edge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in swim trunks, a metal bucket, dark shellfish, shallow water, green reeds, a boat edge, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, warm color, and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat for shellfishing, summer waterside activity, or mid-century Long Island life.
Historical context: The scene suggests informal recreational or household shellfish gathering in a natural waterside setting, shown through a family-film perspective.
Research note: A recognizable adult face and likeness may require review, while no visible logos, minors, private interiors, or branded property are apparent in these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 Long Island home movie shellfish harvesting, 1940s 8mm lakeside clams, and vintage man with bucket by water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel waterside scenes, then other 1948 Long Island footage, then broader 1940s home movies of fishing, boating, or coastal food gathering.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island home-movie frame showing a shirtless man holding a metal pail near shallow water with green reeds behind him. — A man stands at the water's edge holding a metal bucket near reeds.

The man moves beside the water with a metal bucket, with a boat edge at right and reeds in the Long Island setting. — The man carries the bucket near the side of a small boat.

Close 8mm frame of the man's torso and metal bucket, with dark shellfish visible inside near the waterside boat. — Dark shellfish are visible inside the bucket as the man holds it near the boat.

Close-up from the 1948 home movie showing a metal pail filled with dark shellfish as the man holds it near a boat. — A close view shows the bucket filled with shellfish beside the water.

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