Long Island New York-1948: Two Women And A Man Sit On The Back Of A Boat Smiling

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

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Two Women And A Man Sit On The Back Of A Boat Smiling — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a sunny day on Long Island, New York. Three people—a man in a cap and swim trunks flanked by two women in 1940s-style swimsuits—sit together on the deck of a sailboat. They smile and talk, enjoying a leisurely summer outing. The scene is bathed in warm, slightly faded color typical of Super 8 film, with visible grain and a soft focus that evokes nostalgia. In the background, other boats and a dockside building suggest a bustling marina. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 124862245

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: No
Audible music: No

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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 leisure, boating, marina, and mid-century summer lifestyle sequences in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The swimsuits, cap, small sailboat deck, rigging, and dockside marina setting support a late-1940s recreational boating scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged social moment as three adults sit close together, smile, talk, and shift naturally for the home-movie camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adults, 1940s swimwear, a sailboat deck, mast rigging, dock structures, nearby boats, bright sun, and soft harbor background detail.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fade, gate edges, and slight handheld variation that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a summer memory beat, marina cutaway, lifestyle insert, or transition into mid-century vacation and boating material.
Historical context: The scene shows recreational boating and sunbathing as a casual social activity among adults in a Long Island marina setting.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness and editorial-use review may be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness review.
Research search match: Search matches include 1948 Long Island 8mm boating footage, 1940s marina home movie, adults on sailboat, and vintage summer leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island boating scenes, then broader 1940s summer leisure or marina material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three adults in 1940s-style swimwear sit on a sailboat deck at a Long Island marina, with masts and dock structures behind them. — Three adults relax together on a sunny sailboat deck.

Two women and a man sit close together on a boat deck in Long Island, with rigging, dock buildings, and other boats in the background. — The seated group smiles and talks on the boat.

Three adults in summer swimwear sit in a row on the back of a boat at a Long Island marina, framed by rigging and dockside structures. — A home-movie view of friends or family seated on a boat.

Three adults smile on a sunlit boat deck in a 1948 Long Island marina scene, with sailboat rigging and dock buildings visible behind them. — The group continues smiling on the deck as the camera holds.

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