Long Island New York-1948: A Ship Sailing Across The Sea With Another Visible

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

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A Ship Sailing Across The Sea With Another Visible — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a white passenger ship cruising across deep blue ocean waters under a clear sky. The footage, framed by the characteristic black borders of Super 8 projection, shows the vessel moving steadily from left to right, with gentle waves rippling in the foreground. In the final frame, a distant island with a lighthouse appears on the horizon. The image exhibits classic 1940s film grain, slight color fading, and subtle scratches, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic 1948 Long Island New York maritime scene is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, and vintage storytelling.

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: 124862813

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1948 Long Island 8mm maritime footage suited to documentary inserts, coastal travel context, or period waterway atmosphere.
Period detail: The white passenger vessel, open ocean, projected 8mm borders, and faded color stock support a late-1940s home-movie maritime view.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler filming from shore or another vessel, holding on ships and horizon rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white passenger ship, deep blue water, clear sky, horizon line, black film-gate borders, surface waves, and a distant low shoreline or island.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, saturated blue water, visible grain, light scratches, gate edges, and slight exposure shifts typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief maritime cutaway, travel transition, coastal memory beat, or period establishing insert.
Historical context: The scene visually reflects leisure or passenger movement around Long Island waters without identifying a specific route, company, or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable vessel markings are visible, but copyright, location, vessel identity, and property context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searchers looking for 1940s 8mm Long Island ship footage, vintage passenger boat at sea, or home-movie ocean travel may find this clip relevant.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel coastal shots, then other 1948 Long Island material, then broader vintage maritime or passenger-ship footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 Long Island 8mm frame showing a white passenger ship crossing deep blue water beneath a clear horizon. — A white passenger vessel moves across open water in a soft, blue-toned 8mm frame.

White passenger vessel continues across Long Island waters in a grainy 1948 home-movie frame. — The passenger ship sits near the horizon as waves fill the lower portion of the frame.

1948 8mm view of a white passenger ship on blue ocean water, with scratches and gate borders visible. — A white vessel passes across the water in a scratched, soft-focus home-movie frame.

Distant Long Island shoreline or island appears on the horizon beyond blue water in a 1948 8mm frame. — A low strip of land appears in the distance, with a small vertical structure near the horizon.

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