Long Island New York-1948: Beach and Distant Lighthouse

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

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Beach and Distant Lighthouse — Clip Details

LONG ISLAND NEW YORK-1948: A vintage 8mm home movie clip capturing a serene coastal scene. The footage begins with abstract, bright circular light flares and a wooden stick with yellow residue, transitioning to dark, atmospheric shots with blue and purple light streaks. The final frames reveal a hazy, sun-drenched view of a beach with a distant lighthouse and buildings, all framed by the characteristic grain and scratches of 1940s Super 8 film. The sequence evokes a nostalgic, dreamlike quality of a mid-century family vacation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124861844

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 Long Island coastal home-movie requests needing brief beach, lighthouse, or memory-transition material for documentary or museum edits.
Period detail: The distant shoreline, low buildings, lighthouse-like tower, soft exposure, and 8mm texture may show a mid-century Long Island beach visit in 1948.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot perspective, moving from accidental light flares and dark transitional frames into a hazy shoreline view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include bright round light flares, a marked wooden stick or strip, dark interior-like exposure, blue-purple light streaks, water, beach, shoreline buildings, and a distant lighthouse.
Film character: The footage has strong 8mm grain, scratches, gate edges, uneven exposure, blur, and handheld framing that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short coastal cutaway, abstract memory beat, or transition into a 1940s Long Island vacation or shoreline sequence.
Historical context: The scene suggests recreational coastal viewing from a family home-movie camera without enough visible detail to identify the specific beach or lighthouse.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any property issues should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 8mm Long Island beach footage, vintage lighthouse shoreline home movie, and 1940s New York coastal vacation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island footage, then broader 1940s beach, lighthouse, and family-vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Abstract 8mm frame from the 1948 Long Island clip showing bright round light flares and a pale wooden strip with yellow marks. — Bright flares and a marked strip fill an abstract opening frame.

Dark transitional 8mm frame with indistinct forms and blue-purple light at the right edge in the Long Island home movie. — A dark transitional frame shows faint colored light and heavy blur.

Hazy 1948 Long Island shoreline view with pale water, beach, and heavy film wear framed by dark gate edges. — A pale waterline and beach appear through a worn, softly focused frame.

Distant Long Island shoreline in 1948 with water, low buildings, trees, and a lighthouse-like tower under hazy exposure. — A distant shoreline shows buildings and a lighthouse-like tower across the water.

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