Long Island New York-1948: Big Seaside Houses

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

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Big Seaside Houses — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a serene seaside neighborhood in Long Island, New York. The footage reveals a row of classic wooden beach houses with dark shingled roofs and brick chimneys, nestled along a sandy shoreline. The camera pans slowly across the structures, revealing weathered siding and simple architectural details under a soft, overcast sky. A distinct purple color cast and film grain give the clip its authentic retro aesthetic, evoking a quiet, nostalgic summer day by the sea.

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: 124862531

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s editorial or documentary requests needing Long Island seaside residential exteriors and quiet coastal neighborhood atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century beach-house construction with wood siding, dark shingled roofs, brick chimneys, and simple seaside utility structures.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, observing shoreline houses from a fixed or gently moving viewpoint without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include large beach houses, steep shingled roofs, brick chimneys, a small green shed, rocks, sand, surf, and hazy sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, purple color shift, dark frame edges, and slight exposure unevenness consistent with physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a coastal establishing insert, memory beat, transition, or quiet cutaway within a Long Island or postwar seaside sequence.
Historical context: The views document residential coastal architecture and shoreline adjacency in a 1948 Long Island home-movie context without identifying specific homes or occupants.
Research note: Use caution for copyright, possible likeness if people appear elsewhere in the clip, and property identification even though no brands or interiors are visible in these frames.
Research search match: Search matches include 1948 Long Island 8mm seaside houses, 1940s New York beach neighborhood, vintage home movie coastal homes, and archival shoreline exteriors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel seaside material, then other 1948 Long Island clips, then broader 1940s coastal home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island home-movie frame showing a large beach house roof, chimney, and partial siding under a hazy sky. — A shingled seaside house roof and chimney fill the opening view.

1948 Long Island frame of neighboring beach houses with dark roofs, brick chimney, wood siding, and pale sky. — Neighboring beach houses appear close together along the shore.

1948 Long Island coastal frame with a large shingled house, small green shed, rocky shoreline, and surf in the distance. — A green shed and rocky shoreline sit beside the large beach house.

1948 Long Island home-movie frame showing beach houses clustered beside rocks, sand, surf, and a small green shed. — The final view opens to more shoreline, rocks, surf, and nearby beach houses.

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