Long Island New York-1948: Sailboats On The Ocean Near Lighthouse

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

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Sailboats On The Ocean Near Lighthouse — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures sailboats gliding across the ocean near Long Island, New York. The footage, framed by the classic 8mm viewfinder, shows several sailboats with billowing sails navigating calm waters under a hazy, overcast sky. A lighthouse appears in the distance, adding a sense of coastal navigation. The film exhibits natural grain, slight blurriness, and subtle scratches, authenticating its age and home movie origin. The mood is serene and nostalgic, evoking mid-century maritime leisure and the quiet beauty of a bygone era.

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: 124862159

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: Supports 1940s maritime, Long Island, coastal recreation, or navigation cutaway needs for documentary, museum, education, and period editorial use.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie view may show mid-century leisure sailing near a coastal lighthouse, with period clues limited to small sailboats, distant shoreline context, and 1948 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the casual visitor-shot perspective of someone filming sailboats from a moving or handheld position rather than a staged maritime scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sailboats with raised sails, calm open water, a hazy sky, a distant lighthouse or tower, dark 8mm frame edges, and film dust marks.
Film character: Soft focus, blue-gray exposure, visible grain, gate edges, and small scratches give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief coastal insert, location transition, nautical memory beat, or establishing cutaway for Long Island waterfront material.
Historical context: The footage visually places recreational sailing in a mid-century coastal setting without identifying individual vessels, owners, or a specific lighthouse from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, vessel identity, and any lighthouse/property considerations should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1948 8mm Long Island sailboats, vintage lighthouse sailing footage, 1940s coastal home movie, and ocean boating cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1948 Long Island clips, then broader 1940s coastal, lighthouse, sailing, and maritime leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island 8mm frame showing two sailboats on open water with a distant lighthouse or tower under a hazy sky. — Sailboats pass across calm water near a distant coastal lighthouse.

1948 Long Island sailing scene with a large sailboat, a smaller sailboat, and a distant lighthouse partly aligned behind the sails. — A larger sailboat crosses the frame with a lighthouse visible behind it.

1948 Long Island 8mm still showing two sailboats under hazy light with a coastal lighthouse or tower rising in the background. — Two sailboats are filmed from a distance as they pass a coastal tower.

1948 Long Island 8mm frame with cropped sailboats on calm water, a lighthouse partly visible at the far left edge, and hazy sky. — Cropped sailboats fill the right side of the frame near the end of the shot.

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