Long Island New York-1948: Calm Lake with Distant Treeline

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

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Calm Lake with Distant Treeline — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside landscape in Long Island, New York. The footage shows a calm body of water with a distant treeline under a deep blue, overcast sky. The image has a distinct blue color cast and heavy film grain, characteristic of early home movie footage. A faint vertical scratch appears in one frame, adding to the authentic archival quality. The camera remains mostly static, offering a quiet, contemplative view of the natural scenery.

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: 124862206

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 archival requests needing a quiet Long Island lakeside landscape insert for documentary, museum, education, or editorial context.
Period detail: The frames show no datable buildings or vehicles, so the 1948 period rests on clip metadata rather than visible era markers.
Home-movie behavior: The footage reflects a home-movie observer holding on distant water and shoreline rather than staging action or identifying people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, a distant treeline, low shoreline, hazy sky, soft horizon, film gate edges, and blue-tinted exposure.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, blue color cast, soft focus, gate framing, and slight exposure unevenness typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a reflective cutaway, transition, landscape establishing beat, or memory pause within a 1940s Long Island sequence.
Historical context: The clip provides a quiet view of rural or lakeside Long Island scenery without visible people, structures, or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private property are visible, but copyright and location verification should be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1948 Long Island lake footage, 1940s 8mm countryside, vintage home movie shoreline, and blue-tinted landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with confirmed 1948 Long Island material, then with quiet lake, trees, and countryside footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island home-movie frame showing calm water, hazy sky, and a dark treeline in the distance. — Distant shoreline and treeline across calm water under a blue cast.

Blue-tinted 8mm frame from Long Island showing water in the foreground and a soft wooded horizon. — Soft, distant treeline across a body of water.

1948 Long Island landscape frame with water, a pale strip of shoreline, and trees under a blue overcast sky. — A pale shoreline strip sits below dark trees across the water.

Final 8mm frame of the Long Island lakeside scene, with calm water and a tree-lined shore in soft focus. — Calm water and a tree-lined shore close the short landscape view.

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