Long Island New York-1948: Sailboat With Sails Down Docked At Harbor

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

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Sailboat With Sails Down Docked At Harbor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a classic sailboat docked at a quiet harbor on Long Island, New York. The footage shows the boat’s wooden deck, rigging, and a yellow flag with a red circle, likely a maritime signal. The scene is bathed in the cool, blue-toned light of early morning or dusk, with calm water and a distant shoreline visible. The grainy texture and slight color distortion are characteristic of 8mm home movie film, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century maritime 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: 124862401

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 Long Island maritime inserts, harbor atmosphere, or documentary cutaways showing a docked sailboat in home-movie footage.
Period detail: The wooden deck, rigging, low dock pilings, and 8mm color handling support a mid-century harbor scene, with the 1948 date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from nearby at dock level, lingering on boat details rather than staging action or people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a docked sailboat, lowered sail or boom cover, mast rigging, dock pilings, calm blue water, distant shoreline, and a yellow pennant with a red circle.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture through soft focus, visible grain, blue color shift, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet maritime cutaway, establishing insert, transition between coastal scenes, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The footage shows recreational or small-craft harbor life on Long Island without visible people, activity, or identifiable landmarks in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable boat names are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and any vessel or property identification should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 Long Island harbor home movie, 1940s sailboat at dock, vintage 8mm maritime footage, and mid-century coastal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island harbor material, then broader vintage boating or dockside footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island harbor view of a docked sailboat with rigging, covered boom, dock pilings, blue water, and a yellow pennant. — Docked sailboat and rigging beside harbor pilings on Long Island.

1948 Long Island sailboat detail with wooden deck, covered boom, rigging lines, harbor pilings, and water beyond. — Sailboat deck and covered boom framed against dock pilings and open water.

1948 Long Island dockside frame showing sailboat hull, wooden deck, covered boom, rigging, pilings, and harbor water. — The sailboat rests alongside the dock with rigging and pilings visible.

1948 Long Island harbor shot of a docked sailboat with pale hull, cabin ports, covered boom, rigging, and blue water beyond. — A docked sailboat fills the frame, with harbor pilings and water in the background.

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