Long Island New York-1948: Fishing Boats Docked at Wooden Pier

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

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Fishing Boats Docked at Wooden Pier — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a serene harbor scene on Long Island, New York. Docked fishing boats with wooden masts and white cabins rest at a weathered wooden pier, their reflections shimmering on the calm water. The footage, marked by a distinct blue color cast and grainy texture, offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century maritime life. Tall grasses sway in the foreground, framing the tranquil waterfront as the camera holds steady, preserving a quiet moment from a bygone era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124862546

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: Useful for 1940s documentary or educational edits needing a quiet Long Island harbor cutaway from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The wooden pier, small fishing boats, simple cabins, masts, and shoreline grasses may show mid-century recreational or working waterfront conditions.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor or family-film view from shore, holding on boats and water rather than presenting a formal scenic postcard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include docked boats, wooden masts, white cabins, pier pilings, calm blue water, shoreline grasses, and a hazy distant shore.
Film character: The 8mm scan has strong blue color cast, soft focus, visible grain, frame-edge shadowing, and slight exposure variation that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a harbor insert, location transition, maritime cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a 1940s coastal sequence.
Historical context: The view gives a small-scale waterfront context for Long Island in 1948, centered on moored boats and shoreline infrastructure without visible people.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property concerns should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1948 Long Island harbor 8mm footage, docked fishing boats at wooden pier, vintage New York waterfront, and home movie boats.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island material, then broader vintage harbor, pier, and small-boat footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island harbor view with small docked boats, white cabins, wooden masts, pier edge, and grasses in the foreground. — Small boats rest along a wooden pier, with grasses framing the shoreline view.

Soft 8mm view of a Long Island harbor with distant pier structures, moored boats, calm water, and a hazy shoreline. — A distant pier and boats sit across the calm harbor water.

1948 Long Island waterfront frame showing boats at a pier, masts, shoreline grasses, calm water, and a hazy background shore. — Boats and pier structures are seen through foreground grasses at the shoreline.

Wide 8mm harbor view from Long Island in 1948, with clustered docked boats, masts, pier elements, calm water, and blue-tinted film texture. — A wider view shows several boats gathered near the pier under clear conditions.

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