Long Island New York-1948: View Of White Boats Docked At Wooden Pier Near Small Building

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

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View Of White Boats Docked At Wooden Pier Near Small... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a serene harbor scene on Long Island, New York. White boats are docked at a wooden pier, with a small white building visible in the foreground. The footage shows a calm body of water under a clear, sunny sky, with a distant vessel on the horizon. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and a distinct blue color cast, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century Americana atmosphere. The camera remains steady, offering a peaceful view of a quiet coastal moment.

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: 124862450

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: 1940s Long Island harbor footage suited for documentary or educational sequences needing quiet coastal transportation, marina, or regional home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The wooden pier, small white waterfront building, and simple moored boats may show mid-century recreational or working harbor details without identifiable signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, holding on boats and shoreline details from a nearby vantage point rather than presenting a formal scenic survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white boats, a wooden pier, tall masts, a small white building, calm blue water, grassy foreground, and a distant vessel.
Film character: The 8mm color scan shows visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, blue color shift, and contact-frame edges that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, coastal establishing insert, memory beat, or transition between Long Island travel and waterfront life material.
Historical context: The scene documents a calm harbor view in postwar-era Long Island home-movie footage, emphasizing small craft, shoreline structures, and leisure or local waterfront activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright, location, vessel ownership, and property considerations should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1948 Long Island harbor 8mm, vintage boats at wooden pier, mid-century New York waterfront, and home movie coastal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1948 Long Island waterfront material, and finally with broader vintage harbor, boats, and coastal travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island harbor view with white boats tied at a wooden pier, calm blue water, masts, and grassy foreground. — White boats sit docked at a wooden pier along a calm Long Island harbor.

1948 Long Island waterfront frame showing boats docked along a wooden pier, open harbor water, and a distant vessel. — Docked boats and pier structures line the foreground with open harbor water beyond.

1948 Long Island harbor view with docked boats, a wooden pier, grassy foreground, and a small white building at the edge. — A small waterfront building enters the frame beside the pier and moored boats.

1948 Long Island waterfront frame with a small white building, docked boats, pier railings, and calm blue harbor water. — The small white building and docked boats frame a quiet harbor scene.

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