Long Island New York-1948: Fisherman Lifting Basket of Lobsters

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

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Fisherman Lifting Basket of Lobsters — Clip Details

LONG ISLAND NEW YORK-1948: A fisherman in a blue shirt lifts a heavy metal basket brimming with freshly caught lobsters, their dark shells glistening with water. The 8mm film captures the raw, unfiltered moment of the catch, with visible grain and vintage color tones. The basket, secured with thick rope, is filled to the brim, showcasing the day's successful harvest. The scene evokes a sense of hard work and tradition in mid-20th century American fishing communities.

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: 124862681

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: Supports archival requests for 1940s Long Island fishing labor, seafood harvest, and mid-century working waterfront cutaways for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage may show a late-1940s lobster catch with a wire basket, thick rope, wet shells, and practical work clothing visible in close handheld views.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value in its close attention to a fisherman handling a heavy catch rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wire lobster basket, dark wet lobsters, thick rope, a fisherman's hand and forearm, blue work shirt fabric, and dim dockside or boat-side surroundings.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color shift, and handheld framing that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, labor cutaway, seafood harvest detail, or tactile transition within a Long Island or maritime work sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents practical seafood handling in a small-scale fishing context, with emphasis on manual work and the material details of the catch.
Research note: People are partially visible, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos or clear private property are visible; copyright and source licensing remain separate checks.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1948 Long Island lobster fishing, 8mm fisherman lifting lobster basket, vintage seafood catch, and mid-century American fishing footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island waterfront material, then broader lobster, seafood, and fishing labor clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 8mm frame of wet lobsters clustered in a wire basket, likely from the 1948 Long Island fishing clip. — Wet lobsters sit in a basket in a dim, grainy opening frame.

A wire basket brims with wet lobsters and rope in 1948 Long Island home-movie fishing footage. — A heavy basket of lobsters is framed closely with rope across the catch.

A fisherman's hand and forearm grip rope beside a wire basket full of wet lobsters in Long Island footage from 1948. — A hand tightens around rope as the lobster basket is handled at close range.

Close 8mm view of a wire basket packed with wet lobsters, with thick rope draped over the rim in the 1948 Long Island clip. — The final frame holds on the full lobster basket and rope detail.

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