Long Island New York-1948: Three White Boats Docked At Wooden Pier On A Clear

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

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Three White Boats Docked At Wooden Pier On A Clear — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures three white boats docked at a wooden pier on Long Island, New York. The footage shows a quiet harbor scene with small sailboats and motorboats moored along the pier, surrounded by green hills and simple buildings. A man in a light-colored uniform and cap sits on the dock, adding a human element to the tranquil waterscape. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and edge damage, with a final sequence showing the harbor at dusk under a deep blue sky. This archival footage offers authentic Americana nostalgia, ideal for historical documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124862436

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

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 harbor coverage in documentaries, museum exhibits, education programs, or editorial sequences needing small-boat waterfront atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1940s recreational or working waterfront details, including wooden piers, modest small craft, simple shoreline buildings, and a light uniform or boating attire.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual home-movie viewpoint, moving from moored boats to a seated man and distant harbor views without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white boats, wooden docks, sail masts, calm water, grassy shoreline, low buildings, a seated man in a cap, and blue-toned harbor views.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, color shift, gate edges, contact-sheet marks, and uneven exposure that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief waterfront insert, location-setting cutaway, memory beat, or transition between broader Long Island or postwar leisure scenes.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for a quiet mid-century shoreline scene, showing small boats and pier activity rather than a named landmark or public event.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, while copyright and any location or property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1948 Long Island harbor home movie, 8mm boats at pier, vintage New York waterfront, small sailboats, and postwar coastal leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island waterfront material, then broader 1940s boating, harbor, and home-movie Americana scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island harbor scene with white boats moored at a wooden pier, sail masts, water, grassy banks, and simple buildings in the background. — White boats sit at a wooden pier along a quiet Long Island harbor.

A man in a light outfit and cap sits near a docked boat on the Long Island waterfront, with water, rigging, and circular contact-sheet marks visible. — A seated man appears beside the moored boats and dockside rigging.

Blue-toned 1948 Long Island harbor view with distant boats tied along a wooden pier, still water, low horizon, and grass in the foreground. — Distant boats and a pier stretch across the calm harbor water.

Wide blue-toned Long Island harbor frame showing moored boats, a pier, calm water, foreground grass, and a distant low shoreline. — Moored boats rest at a pier in a wide blue harbor view.

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