Long Island New York-1948: American Flag Waving On Boat At Sea

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

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American Flag Waving On Boat At Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures an American flag fluttering on a boat as it moves across the ocean. The footage, filmed from the deck, shows the flag waving against a deep blue sky and choppy sea, with the horizon line visible. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film gives it a nostalgic, authentic feel. This archival clip offers a glimpse into mid-century maritime life and Americana.

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: 124862756

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: Supports 1940s maritime Americana requests needing a brief home-movie insert of a U.S. flag on a boat at sea near Long Island.
Period detail: The visible flag, open water, boat rail, saturated color, and 8mm home-movie texture are consistent with the supplied 1948 Long Island metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a passenger viewpoint on deck, recording the flag and wake as an informal travel memory rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a U.S. flag, vertical boat rigging or poles, low rail, blue ocean, foamy wake, horizon line, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, blue color shift, soft focus, gate shadows, and slight handheld movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime cutaway, patriotic transition, travel-memory beat, or atmospheric insert between boat and coastal scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects mid-century recreational or passenger boating imagery, with a national flag seen against open sea rather than a named event or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any contextual rights tied to the source reel.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1948 8mm American flag on boat, Long Island ocean home movie, vintage sea travel, and mid-century maritime Americana.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 Long Island boating footage, then broader ocean, flag, and home-movie travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island 8mm frame showing a U.S. flag near boat rigging against open blue water and a visible horizon. — A U.S. flag flutters from a boat as the sea stretches to the horizon.

1948 Long Island home-movie frame with a partially visible U.S. flag, upright pole, boat edge, and choppy ocean beyond. — The flag appears partly wrapped near a pole while the boat moves across choppy water.

1948 Long Island 8mm frame showing a close, vertical slice of flag fabric beside blue ocean and a straight horizon. — A narrow flag shape crosses the frame with open sea behind it.

1948 Long Island home-movie frame with a U.S. flag hanging near rigging, set against blue water, wake, and horizon. — The flag hangs beside boat rigging as the water and wake pass in the background.

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