Long Island New York-1948: Front Of Boat Being Filmed As It Sails Through The

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

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Front Of Boat Being Filmed As It Sails Through The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures the bow of a small boat named 'HANNAH.B' gliding through calm blue waters. The camera slowly zooms in on the boat's white hull and black lettering, revealing the name and the 'FLT' insignia. The footage shows the wooden deck, coiled ropes, and a yellow mast section, all under bright daylight. The grainy texture and color saturation are characteristic of mid-century amateur film, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a leisurely day on the water near Long Island, New York.

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: 124862703

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: 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 documentary or editorial requests needing small-boat home-movie footage on Long Island waters.
Period detail: The 8mm color image, painted wooden bow, simple deck hardware, and black hull lettering support a late-1940s small craft setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies the boat's bow from close range, creating an unstaged observer's view of a leisure trip on calm water.
What appears in frame: Visible details include blue water, a white bow, black hull paint, the name HANNAH.B or HANNAH, small insignia, deck edge, rope, and a yellow mast section.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime cutaway, travel insert, transition into a boating sequence, or quiet memory beat.
Historical context: The footage places a privately filmed small boat in a mid-century leisure context without showing people, docks, landmarks, or identifiable shore activity.
Research note: The boat name and insignia should be reviewed as visible markings; no people appear, but copyright and vessel-identification questions remain separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 Long Island 8mm boat footage, vintage home movie bow of boat, small craft on blue water, and mid-century boating cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island water scenes, then broader vintage small-boat or maritime leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island 8mm frame showing the white bow of the small boat HANNAH.B against calm blue water. — The bow of HANNAH.B crosses calm blue water in a close home-movie view.

Close 1948 Long Island 8mm view of HANNAH.B's painted bow, black hull edge, and small visible insignia. — The camera moves closer to the painted bow lettering and small insignia.

Tight 8mm frame of the boat's white bow with large HANNAH lettering, black trim, and small insignia below. — Large black lettering fills the frame as the home-movie camera closes in.

Extreme close 1948 Long Island 8mm view of the HANNAH boat name and small insignia on the white hull. — The boat name and small insignia dominate the final close-up frame.

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