Long Island New York-1948: Small Sailboats Sitting On A Still Lake On A Cloudy Day

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

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Small Sailboats Sitting On A Still Lake On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a serene, overcast day on a calm Long Island lake. Small sailboats rest motionless on the still water, their reflections faintly visible beneath a heavy, cloudy sky. The scene is framed by dark, grassy banks in the foreground and distant shoreline buildings, evoking a quiet, nostalgic summer day. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and soft focus, characteristic of mid-century amateur film. This archival clip offers authentic period atmosphere for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 124862482

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: 1948 Long Island home-movie lake view suited to documentary inserts needing quiet postwar leisure atmosphere without visible people.
Period detail: The small sailboats, muted color, and soft 8mm rendering may show a late-1940s recreational shoreline on Long Island.
Home-movie behavior: The clip holds an unstaged visitor viewpoint across still water, valuing calm observation over composed travelogue coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm lake water, small sailboats, grassy foreground banks, distant shoreline, low buildings or trees, cloudy sky, and dark frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, blue color drift, mild underexposure, gate shadows, and visible 8mm grain as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet establishing insert, reflective transition, shoreline cutaway, or memory beat between more active Long Island scenes.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday lakeside recreation and moored small craft rather than a documented event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable property identifiers are visible, though copyright, location, and property-context review should remain separate.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1948 Long Island 8mm sailboats, cloudy lake home movie, small boats on still water, and vintage shoreline cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island footage, then broader vintage lake, sailboat, or cloudy shoreline material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island 8mm frame of calm lake water, grassy foreground, distant shoreline, and dark film-frame edges. — Calm lake and low shoreline viewed through dark frame borders.

Soft 8mm view across a still Long Island lake toward a low, hazy shoreline under cloudy sky. — Still water and a hazy shoreline under overcast light.

1948 Long Island lake view with small moored sailboats, faint reflections, grassy foreground, and distant shore. — Small sailboats sit motionless on calm lake water.

Soft 8mm frame of a moored sailboat on a still Long Island lake, with grass in foreground and low shoreline beyond. — A moored sailboat rests on still water near the grassy shore.

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