Long Island New York-1948: Summer Vacation In A Camp Grounds

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

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Summer Vacation In A Camp Grounds — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a summer vacation at a Long Island camp. The footage shows a waterfront scene with a building marked 'PJYC', a flagpole with fluttering flags, classic cars parked near a dock, and people relaxing on a sandy shore. The view includes a gas station and other camp structures along the water's edge, all rendered in the characteristic grain and color palette of mid-century home movies. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into post-war American leisure and family life.

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: 124862100

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: Yes
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 waterfront leisure, summer camp, boating club, or postwar vacation sequences in documentary, museum, educational, or editorial productions.
Period detail: Visible clues include 1940s-style cars, a small waterfront club or camp building marked PJYC, flags, docks, sandy shore, and low-rise recreational structures.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of an unstaged vacation view filmed from across the water, observing shore activity, parked cars, docks, and camp buildings rather than posed family action.
What appears in frame: The frames show a flagpole, PJYC lettering, wooded shoreline, sandy beach, docked waterfront, parked classic cars, small camp buildings, and distant people near the shore.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, blue-shifted color, gate edges, and handheld framing that support its mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief waterfront establishing insert, transitional memory beat, or cutaway for Long Island summer recreation and camp-life sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually situates leisure around a modest waterfront camp or club setting, with automobiles, docks, flags, and shoreline recreation visible in a postwar home-movie context.
Research note: Human figures and PJYC lettering are visible; copyright, likeness, trademark, and location identification should be reviewed separately before commercial or public use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1948 Long Island home movie, 1940s waterfront camp, vintage summer vacation 8mm, New York dock scene, and postwar recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1948 Long Island material, then with broader 1940s summer camp, waterfront recreation, and boating-club footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island waterfront view with a flagpole, partial PJYC lettering, trees, and soft 8mm framing. — Flagpole and PJYC lettering appear near the wooded waterfront.

Classic cars sit near a Long Island waterfront dock, with water in the foreground and wooded shore behind. — Cars line a waterfront dock area across the water.

Long Island camp shoreline with a sandy beach, small structures, trees, water, and tiny figures near the shore. — A sandy camp shoreline is seen from across the water.

1948 Long Island waterfront camp or club area with flags, dock structures, parked cars, and people gathered near the buildings. — Camp or club buildings, flags, cars, and people sit along the waterfront.

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