Long Island New York-1948: Statue On A Pedestal Near A Green Field And Historic Building

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

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Statue On A Pedestal Near A Green Field And Historic... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a historic scene on Long Island, New York. A stone statue stands on a pedestal in the foreground, overlooking a grassy field and a large, elegant building with a domed cupola. The camera pans across the landscape, revealing classic automobiles parked near the grand structure. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic, archival atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124862602

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 home-movie footage suited for documentary inserts about historic grounds, resort-like architecture, or mid-century travel views.
Period detail: The parked rounded automobiles, 8mm color stock, and grand building with cupola may show a late-1940s visitor view consistent with the 1948 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The brief pan reads as a visitor-shot exterior survey, pausing on a statue, lawn, and building rather than staging people or action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a statue on a pedestal, clipped hedges, a sloping green field, a long building with porches, a domed cupola, windows, and parked cars.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure haze, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a cutaway, establishing insert, or memory beat for Long Island heritage, historic grounds, or mid-century leisure travel.
Historical context: The scene shows landscaped grounds and a large institutional or resort-like building, offering visual context for postwar American travel and public spaces without identifying the site.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are apparent, but building and statue identification, copyright, and any property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1948 Long Island 8mm footage, statue and historic building home movie, domed cupola exterior, and mid-century cars on lawn.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Long Island 1948 exteriors, and then with broader themes of historic buildings, lawns, statues, and vintage cars.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island 8mm frame showing a statue on a pedestal in front of a grassy field and large building. — A statue stands in the foreground with a broad lawn and large building behind it.

1948 Long Island exterior view with a statue on a pedestal, trimmed grounds, and a large building behind. — The camera holds on the statue with the building's porch and windows visible beyond the lawn.

1948 Long Island frame showing a long cupola-topped building across a lawn, with a partial statue and cars near the lower edge. — The pan reveals more of the long building, cupola, lawn, and parked automobiles.

1948 Long Island 8mm view of a large building with a domed cupola, broad lawn, hedges, and parked cars. — A large cupola-topped building fills the background while cars sit near the lawn's edge.

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