Long Island New York-1948: A Marine Biologist And Geologist Consults Maps To

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

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A Marine Biologist And Geologist Consults Maps To — Clip Details

A marine biologist and geologist consults maps in a dimly lit room, their faces partially illuminated by a blue-toned light. The scene transitions to a view through a window, showing a hazy coastal landscape with water and distant land under an overcast sky. Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a moment of scientific planning with authentic grain, scratches, and film edge borders. The footage evokes a sense of mid-century research and exploration, blending personal documentation with professional inquiry.

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: 124861940

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 museum edits needing home-movie evidence of scientific planning, map consultation, or a coastal Long Island view.
Period detail: The dim interior, paper maps, 8mm color rendering, and metadata-supported 1948 Long Island setting point to a mid-century research or planning moment.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged-looking moment as adults consult papers near a window before the camera turns to the hazy water beyond.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a partially lit adult face, paper maps or charts, a dark window frame, pale water, distant low shoreline, haze, and film edge shadow.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, blue color cast, uneven exposure, gate shadows, and light scratches that signal an original home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, research cutaway, transition from planning to coastal field setting, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The view links indoor consultation with nearby coastal geography, suggesting practical field or survey planning without proving a specific project.
Research note: People and a private interior appear visible, so likeness, location, and property context should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 Long Island 8mm science planning, marine biologist map consultation, geologist charts, coastal water view, and home movie research footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island coastal material, then science, geology, mapping, or marine research themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island home-movie frame showing an adult in a dim interior beside papers or maps with strong blue-toned light. — A partially lit adult leans near papers or maps in a dark room.

Window-framed coastal view in the Long Island clip, with pale water, hazy sky, and distant low land. — The camera looks through a dark window frame toward water and a hazy shoreline.

Long Island coastal water seen through a window, with a dark frame dividing the hazy shoreline view. — A dark window mullion divides the view of water and low distant land.

Final frame of the 1948 Long Island coastal view, showing calm water, distant land, and a small dark shape offshore. — The coastal view holds on calm water and a distant shoreline under muted light.

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