Long Island New York-1948: Sailboats with Tall Masts in Marina

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

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Sailboats with Tall Masts in Marina — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a quiet marina on Long Island, New York, bathed in a surreal blue tint. A line of old sailboats with tall masts rests in the slip, their wooden hulls and rigging visible against the dark water. The scene is framed by tall grass in the foreground, with a small building and utility pole appearing in later frames. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, evoking a nostalgic, archival mood. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana is ideal 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: 124862559

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 Long Island or mid-century waterfront cutaways needing quiet marina, sailboat, and harbor atmosphere from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The wooden sailboats, simple marina structures, utility pole, and muted dockside setting may show a late-1940s recreational harbor scene, consistent with the supplied 1948 date.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a home-movie maker pausing on boats at rest rather than staging action or focusing on identifiable people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include moored sailboats, tall masts, rigging, dark harbor water, foreground reeds or grass, a small waterside building, and a utility pole.
Film character: The scan shows strong blue color shift, soft 8mm focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that give the footage clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief harbor insert, location transition, nostalgic waterfront cutaway, or memory beat between broader Long Island or boating sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents small-scale marina life and leisure boating infrastructure without showing crowds, signage, or specific landmarks that would narrow identification further.
Research note: No people, faces, or brands are visible, but copyright, location, vessel, and property context should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 Long Island marina footage, 1940s 8mm sailboats, vintage harbor slips, old sailboats at dock, and home-movie waterfront scenes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1948 Long Island waterfront footage, then with broader 1940s boating, marina, and coastal leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island marina view with old sailboats, tall masts, rigging, dark water, and foreground grass in blue-tinted 8mm footage. — Sailboats sit quietly in a Long Island marina slip, seen across water and reeds.

Blue-tinted 8mm frame of a Long Island marina in 1948, showing several old sailboats moored together with masts and harbor water. — A row of old sailboats rests in the slip with masts and rigging silhouetted softly.

Soft 8mm view of moored sailboats at a 1948 Long Island marina, with foreground grass, dark water, and clustered masts. — Foreground grass frames the marina as moored sailboats fill the harbor view.

Long Island marina frame from 1948 showing a small dockside building, utility pole, sailboats, masts, water, and foreground reeds. — A small waterside structure and utility pole appear beside moored sailboats at the marina.

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