Long Island New York-1948: Video Pan Of A Bay Showing Inlet Of Several Buildings

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

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Video Pan Of A Bay Showing Inlet Of Several Buildings — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a slow pan across a calm bay in Long Island, New York. The footage reveals a distant shoreline with several buildings, including a prominent white structure with a red roof, set against a deep blue sky and water. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: grainy texture, slightly faded colors, and a soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century Americana atmosphere. The camera moves steadily, offering a serene view of the coastal landscape.

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: 124862733

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: 1940s Long Island home-movie bay footage suited for documentary cutaways, coastal place-setting, and mid-century shoreline atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1948 waterfront view with low shoreline buildings, red roofs, open water, and a distant inlet seen from across the bay.
Home-movie behavior: The slow visitor-shot pan preserves an observational home-movie view of a quiet shoreline rather than a staged or narrated scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue bay water, a low horizon, small shoreline buildings, red-roofed structures, open sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated blues, soft focus, visible grain, light dust, and slight exposure variation typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, transition, memory beat, or coastal cutaway within a Long Island or postwar domestic sequence.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for mid-century recreational or residential waterfront observation without identifying a specific landmark or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright and any property or location permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1948 Long Island 8mm bay pan, 1940s New York shoreline home movie, and vintage coastal inlet buildings footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island footage, then broader 1940s bays, shorelines, and waterfront travel views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island bay view with distant low shoreline buildings, blue water, open sky, and dark 8mm frame edges. — A distant shoreline with small buildings sits across calm blue bay water.

1948 Long Island waterfront frame showing a distant white shoreline building with a red roof beyond blue bay water. — A red-roofed waterfront building appears on the low shoreline beyond the bay.

1948 Long Island bay pan frame with a white waterfront building, nearby red-roofed structure, blue water, and pale sky. — The shoreline reveals a larger white building and a smaller red-roofed structure.

1948 Long Island shoreline view with several distant waterfront buildings, red roofs, blue bay water, and soft 8mm texture. — Several small waterfront buildings line the distant shore across the bay.

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