Long Island New York-1948: Green Boats Docked In The Bay With Esso Sign

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

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Green Boats Docked In The Bay With Esso Sign — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a quiet harbor scene in Long Island, New York. Green boats are docked at a wooden pier, with a small white building and an Esso sign visible in the background. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows a calm day with boats moored along the bay. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic mid-century Americana atmosphere. This archival footage is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 124862280

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: Yes
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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s Long Island harbor footage for documentaries needing a brief waterfront, marina, or mid-century leisure cutaway.
Period detail: The boats, wooden pier, small shore buildings, and visible Esso sign may show a postwar Long Island bayside setting.
Home-movie behavior: The view appears casually filmed through a dark window or boat-frame opening, giving the clip an unstaged visitor perspective.
What appears in frame: Green-roofed boats, dock pilings, moored cabin cruisers, mast lines, shoreline buildings, a white utility structure, and an Esso sign are visible.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, blue color shift, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld movement typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a harbor insert, location transition, transportation cutaway, or quiet memory beat between family scenes.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for small-boat recreation and waterfront service areas on Long Island in the late 1940s.
Research note: The Esso brand sign and distant people warrant review; copyright, trademark, likeness, and location issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1948 Long Island harbor, 8mm marina footage, Esso sign waterfront, docked green boats, or postwar New York bay scene may match.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel waterfront shots, then other 1948 Long Island material, then broader mid-century marina or small-boat footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island harbor view through a dark frame, with green boats moored beside docks and low shoreline buildings beyond. — Green boats sit at a wooden dock with shore buildings visible across the bay.

Long Island marina scene with docked boats, vertical poles, and an Esso sign on a shoreline building in the distance. — Docked boats and pier structures appear beneath a distant Esso sign.

1948 Long Island bay view showing green docked boats, pier posts, mast lines, shoreline buildings, and a distant Esso sign. — A green boat lies alongside the dock, with masts and the Esso sign beyond.

Long Island waterfront frame with a green-roofed boat, dock posts, rigging lines, and houses along the far shore. — Masts and dock posts frame a quiet marina with boats moored along the bay.

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