Long Island New York-1948: Naval Ship and Sailboats Passing Lighthouse

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

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Naval Ship and Sailboats Passing Lighthouse — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a large naval vessel and smaller sailboats navigating the waters off Long Island, New York. The grainy, blue-tinted footage shows the ships moving across the ocean under overcast skies, with a prominent lighthouse visible in the distance. The sequence offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century maritime activity, with the film's natural wear and scratches adding to its authentic archival quality. Ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124862148

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 editorial requests needing Long Island maritime home-movie footage of a naval vessel, sailboats, open water, and a distant lighthouse.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, distant naval profile, small sailboats, and metadata-supported 1948 Long Island setting place the scene in mid-century coastal leisure and vessel traffic.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged shoreline or boat-based observer viewpoint, watching vessels pass across the horizon without posed action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large naval ship, sailboats with triangular sails, open water, hazy sky, a distant lighthouse or beacon structure, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, blue color cast, gate edges, visible grain, scratches, and slight handheld framing give the short sequence a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime insert, coastal transition, period cutaway, or brief memory beat between broader Long Island or naval-history scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows coastal traffic and recreational sailing near Long Island in 1948, without enough visual detail to identify the specific vessel or lighthouse.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but vessel and lighthouse identification, copyright status, and any location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 Long Island 8mm naval ship footage, vintage sailboats near lighthouse, mid-century coastal waterway, and home movie maritime scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1948 Long Island coastal footage, then broader vintage maritime, lighthouse, sailing, or naval vessel clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island 8mm frame showing a distant naval ship moving across open water under a hazy blue sky. — A large naval vessel appears in the distance beyond open water.

A naval ship moves across Long Island waters in 1948 as part of a sailboat enters the left edge of the 8mm frame. — The naval vessel continues across the horizon as a sailboat edge enters frame.

A sailboat crosses the foreground while a large naval ship remains beyond it in 1948 Long Island home-movie footage. — A small sailboat passes before the larger vessel in the distance.

Two sailboats move across the foreground with a distant naval ship behind them in 1948 Long Island 8mm footage. — Sailboats cross the frame while the naval vessel remains offshore.

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