New York USA-1954: Vintage Three Friends On Beach With Yorkshire Hotel Towel

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Vintage Three Friends On Beach With Yorkshire Hotel Towel — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures three young men at a sun-drenched beach in New York. Shirtless and in classic swim trunks, they interact casually, shaking hands and posing together. They hold a white towel emblazoned with '562 YORKSHIRE HOTEL 113 ST.', a detail that grounds the scene in a specific time and place. The footage features natural film grain, slight motion blur, and faded colors typical of Super 8 home movies, evoking a nostalgic, candid moment of friendship and summer leisure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125300861

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1954 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 1950s New York beach-life requests needing candid 8mm footage of young adults, swimwear, friendship, and vacation leisure.
Period detail: The swim trunks, faded color 8mm look, and towel marked "562 YORKSHIRE HOTEL 113 ST." support a mid-1950s New York beach setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel as the group laughs, adjusts the towel, and poses casually for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include shirtless young men, a woman in a dark swimsuit, a white hotel towel, beachgoers, ocean horizon, swim trunks, and handheld framing.
Film character: Soft focus, mild motion blur, faded color, visible grain, and uneven exposure give the footage a tactile 1950s home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short memory beat, beach insert, friendship cutaway, or transition within a sequence about summer travel or urban leisure.
Historical context: The scene shows casual beach recreation and group posing in an era when hotel towels and swimwear can help date and localize home-movie material.
Research note: People and faces are visible, and the towel text may identify a hotel, so likeness, trademark, and context review remain separate from copyright review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1954 New York beach home movie, 1950s friends in swimwear, vintage hotel towel, and 8mm summer vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then New York beach footage from 1954, then broader 1950s summer leisure and friendship material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 New York beach home-movie frame showing two young men in swim trunks standing near other beachgoers and the ocean. — Two young men stand casually on the beach as other bathers appear behind them.

Three young men at a New York beach hold a white towel marked with Yorkshire Hotel and 113 St. text. — Three beachgoers gather around a white towel bearing Yorkshire Hotel and 113 St. lettering.

Home-movie frame from a 1954 New York beach showing beachgoers holding a white towel with partial Yorkshire Hotel text. — Beachgoers hold the towel closer to the camera, with the hotel lettering partly visible.

A woman in a dark swimsuit and young men at a New York beach hold a white towel with Yorkshire Hotel and 113 St. lettering. — A woman and young men display the hotel towel while standing among beachgoers.

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