Long Island New York-1948: Boats Docked At A Harbor

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

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Boats Docked At A Harbor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a serene harbor scene on Long Island, New York. Several small boats, including fishing vessels and pleasure craft, are moored along a wooden pier extending into calm blue water. The footage exhibits the characteristic blue color cast and grain of mid-century 8mm film, with a dark border framing the view. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse of maritime life in the post-war era.

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: 124862445

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s documentary, museum, or editorial projects needing Long Island harbor atmosphere with small boats and a quiet postwar waterfront view.
Period detail: The small moored boats, wooden pier, and 8mm color home-movie look may show mid-century recreational and working waterfront details without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, watching boats from shore as the camera holds on the harbor and nearby dock activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm blue water, small boats, a wooden pier, dock posts, low shoreline, grass in the foreground, and tiny people near the moorings.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, blue color cast, gate edges, and slight exposure variation across the brief shot.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a harbor cutaway, location insert, travel transition, or quiet memory beat in a Long Island or maritime sequence.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for small-boat harbor life on Long Island in 1948, centered on moored craft and shoreline leisure or work activity.
Research note: People appear small and not individually identifiable here, but likeness and location context should still be reviewed separately from film copyright status.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1948 Long Island harbor 8mm footage, vintage small boats at dock, postwar New York waterfront, and home movie marina scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island material, then broader vintage harbor, boating, and waterfront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island harbor view with small boats tied near a wooden pier and a low shoreline beyond the water. — Boats sit moored beside a pier in a quiet Long Island harbor.

Long Island harbor footage shows small boats clustered around a pier, with tiny figures visible near the moorings. — Small boats cluster around a wooden pier with faint dockside activity.

A closer 1948 home-movie view shows moored boats along a wooden dock with blue water and shoreline behind them. — Boats are tied along the dock in a calm harbor setting.

The final frame shows Long Island harbor boats beside dock structures, with grass in the foreground and still water behind them. — Docked boats and pier structures fill the foreground of the harbor view.

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