New York-1948: A Serene Pond Surrounded By Trees And Greenery

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

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A Serene Pond Surrounded By Trees And Greenery — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil pond in New York, surrounded by lush green trees and dense foliage. The camera pans slowly across the water's surface, reflecting the surrounding nature under soft daylight. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American park atmosphere. The scene is peaceful, with no people or movement, focusing on the quiet beauty of the landscape.

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: 124876255

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: 1948 New York 8mm park footage suited to documentary cutaways, archive inserts, or quiet nature transitions.
Period detail: The visible scene may show a mid-century landscaped park pond, with no identifiable landmark, signage, or dated object in frame.
Home-movie behavior: The slow scan across the pond has an unstaged home-movie feel, observing water, foliage, and reflections from a visitor's viewpoint.
What appears in frame: The frames show pond water, leafy banks, trees, grass, shrubs, reflections, and a small playground structure in the distance.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, mild color shift, gate edges, and uneven exposure that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm establishing insert, reflective transition, or memory beat between urban or family scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents a quiet green space in New York without visible people, vehicles, signage, or clear markers of a specific neighborhood.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private interiors are visible, but copyright status and any location or property concerns still require review.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1948 New York 8mm park pond, vintage home movie trees and water, and mid-century park landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby reel footage, then other 1948 New York material, then broader pond, park, trees, and quiet nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York 8mm frame showing a shaded pond edge with trees, dense greenery, and soft water reflections. — A quiet pond edge with leafy trees and shrubs reflected in the water.

1948 New York 8mm frame of a still pond bordered by dense shrubs, trees, and pale grass beyond the bank. — Dense foliage and trees line the far side of the pond.

1948 New York 8mm frame showing pond water below a thick green bank with trees and sunlit grass behind it. — A green bank and trees sit above the still pond water.

1948 New York 8mm frame showing pond water, shrubs, trees, and a small playground structure in the distance. — A shrub-lined pond with a small playground structure visible beyond the trees.

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