New York-1948: White Structure Stands on Far Shore of Pond Surrounded by Trees

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

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White Structure Stands on Far Shore of Pond Surrounded... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil pond surrounded by dense trees and a grassy bank. A large white rectangular structure stands on the far shore, its reflection shimmering in the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a slightly faded quality, evoking a nostalgic 1940s American outdoor scene. The camera remains steady, offering a quiet, observational view of a natural landscape, likely from a backyard or rural park setting.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124876240

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 2269 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,decoration day,wj nolan jr
Reel-level year note: 1948
Reel-level location note: geneva new york
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: 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 New York outdoor cutaways needing quiet pond scenery, tree-lined shoreline, and noncommercial home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-century rural or park pond view, with no visible cars, signage, clothing, or landmarks to confirm the setting beyond the supplied 1948 New York metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the far shore steadily, preserving an unstaged home-movie view of water, grass, trees, and a simple white structure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include still pond water, a grassy bank, dense dark trees, a white rectangular structure, shoreline stones, reflections, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight fading, warm color shift, gate edges, and brief yellow exposure or leader-like material near the end.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm establishing insert, reflective transition, rural memory beat, or neutral nature cutaway within a 1940s sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for a quiet outdoor landscape in New York, but it does not identify a specific town, estate, park, event, or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, though copyright status and any property or location identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1948 8mm New York pond footage, vintage home movie lake shore, tree-lined water reflection, or rural park cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with verified 1948 New York outdoor footage, then with similar pond, shoreline, and home-movie nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York 8mm frame showing a pond, grassy bank, dense trees, and a white rectangular structure reflected in the water. — A white rectangular structure stands beyond a pond, with its reflection visible on the water.

1948 New York 8mm view of a pond shore with a white rectangular structure, tree line, grassy slope, and soft water reflection. — The far bank and white structure remain centered above the pond's reflective surface.

1948 New York 8mm frame with the pond lower in view, a grassy shore, trees, and a white rectangular structure near the left side. — A tighter composition shows the grassy shoreline and white structure above the water.

End frame from the 1948 8mm clip showing yellowed film texture, faint shoreline forms, scratches, and soft exposure variation. — The clip ends on a yellowed, abstracted film frame with visible scratches and faint landscape traces.

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