Long Island New York-1948: Aerial View of Small Town from Plane Flying 1000 Feet Above

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

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Aerial View of Small Town from Plane Flying 1000 Feet Above — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a small town from an aerial perspective, filmed from a plane flying 1000 feet above. The footage shows a white boat with several people on deck, including a man in a white hat and others in casual summer attire, against a deep blue sky. The American flag flies on the boat's mast, and the grainy, slightly faded color palette is characteristic of Super 8 film from the late 1940s. The camera pans across the scene, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century life and transportation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
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: 124862645

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: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 home-movie requests needing waterfront leisure, boating, or mid-century travel cutaways for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century pleasure boat with passengers in summer clothing, an American flag, railings, mast hardware, and a white hull against open water.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal observation of people gathered on a boat deck, filmed at a distance with an amateur home-movie camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white boat hull, deck passengers, an American flag, mast structure, railings, a canopy, open water, and deep blue sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a waterfront cutaway, travel insert, leisure beat, or transitional moment within a 1940s Long Island sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places small groups of people in a recreational boating setting, suggesting everyday summer leisure without identifying the vessel or individuals.
Research note: People and a flag or vessel markings may require likeness and contextual review, while copyright status is separate from any needed releases.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 Long Island 8mm boating footage, vintage home movie boat deck, mid-century waterfront leisure, and people on pleasure boat.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then with 1948 Long Island waterfront footage, then with broader 1940s boating, travel, or summer leisure material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island 8mm frame showing people on the deck of a white boat with an American flag and mast hardware visible. — People stand along the deck of a white boat beneath a mast and flag.

People gather on a white boat deck in 1948 Long Island footage, with the American flag and upper cabin area visible. — Passengers cluster near the cabin and railings of a white boat.

A 1948 Long Island 8mm frame shows the side of a white boat, a canopy, and two people near the cabin area. — The camera frames the boat's side, canopy, and a few figures near the cabin.

The final 1948 Long Island frame shows a white boat passing through frame with canopy, railings, water, and sky. — A partially framed boat moves across the scene with canopy and railings visible.

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