Long Island New York-1948: View Of An Island From Sea

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

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View Of An Island From Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a serene, grainy view of Long Island, New York, from the sea. The footage opens on a dark, textured frame before revealing a distant lighthouse or mast standing on a rocky shoreline under a deep blue twilight sky. The camera slowly pans across the water, showing a calm sea and a distant treeline along the island's edge. The image is characterized by heavy film grain, a distinct blue color cast, and the soft, rounded vignette typical of Super 8 home movies. This archival clip evokes a quiet, nostalgic mood of mid-century coastal life.

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: 124862177

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 requests for 1940s Long Island coastal home-movie footage for documentary inserts, maritime transitions, or quiet establishing views.
Period detail: The 8mm look and 1948 metadata place the clip in the late 1940s, while the distant shore structure may show a lighthouse, beacon, or mast.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective from the water, slowly observing the island shoreline without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible details include dark leader-like exposure, open water, a rocky shoreline, a tall shore structure, low vegetation, distant trees, and blue sky.
Film character: Heavy grain, soft focus, rounded frame edges, blue color shift, and uneven exposure give the scan a recognizable mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief coastal establishing shot, memory beat, transition from sea to land, or atmospheric cutaway.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a quiet shoreline view from the water, suggesting recreational or travel filming rather than a formal survey.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious brands are visible, but the shoreline structure and location should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1948 Long Island 8mm shoreline, vintage coastal home movie, island from sea, lighthouse or mast on rocks, and blue-tinted sea view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1948 Long Island shoreline clips, then broader vintage coastal travel and home-movie sea views.

Still Frames From This Clip

Underexposed 8mm frame from a 1948 Long Island home movie, showing mostly dark blue-green texture before the shoreline view appears. — Dark opening frame with visible film texture and rounded edges.

Blue-tinted 1948 Long Island sea view with a distant rocky shoreline and a tall tower-like structure near the water. — A tower-like shore structure stands beyond the water on a distant shoreline.

Closer 1948 Long Island shoreline view from the sea, with rocks, low trees, and a tall beacon-like or mast-like structure. — The camera frames the rocky shore and tall structure more closely across the water.

Blue-toned 1948 Long Island view across calm water toward a low, distant treeline at the island edge. — The pan settles on open water and a low treeline along the distant shore.

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