Yorktown Virginia-1958: The Work Of The Metropolis Touching The Fun Of The Beach

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationYorktown, Virginia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Yorktown Virginia

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The Work Of The Metropolis Touching The Fun Of The Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a bustling beach scene in Yorktown, Virginia, with a grand, domed building dominating the skyline. Sunbathers relax under colorful umbrellas on the sand while a smokestack emits a plume of smoke, contrasting industrial activity with leisure. The footage shows a wide view of the shoreline, beach huts, and the iconic structure under a clear blue sky, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century Americana and coastal life.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127284714

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: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Yorktown, Virginia, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm beach footage useful for documentary or education edits about mid-century coastal leisure beside urban or industrial waterfront architecture.
Period detail: The scene may show 1958 Yorktown, Virginia, with era clues in beach umbrellas, simple shore structures, distant masonry buildings, and a smoking stack.
Home-movie behavior: The value is a visitor-shot beach view, held from a distance as sunbathers and shoreline buildings share the same casual home-movie frame.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sandy beach, sun umbrellas, beachgoers, cabana-like huts, large domed buildings, a smokestack plume, blue sky, and shoreline structures.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, establishing insert, or transition between leisure scenes and broader waterfront or urban context.
Historical context: The clip visually contrasts public beach recreation with nearby large-scale buildings and industrial smoke, without proving a specific industry or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are evident, and copyright clearance is separate from location or likeness issues.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1950s 8mm beach home movie, Yorktown Virginia shoreline, mid-century beach umbrellas, and urban waterfront smoke stack.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1958 Yorktown or Virginia beach footage, then with mid-century coastal leisure and industry themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yorktown beach view with sunbathers, shore huts, large domed buildings, and a smokestack plume in the distance. — Beachgoers sit beneath umbrellas while large waterfront buildings and a smoking stack rise beyond the sand.

Wide 1958 Yorktown shoreline frame showing beach umbrellas, a hut, distant masonry buildings, and smoke above the roofline. — Rows of beach umbrellas and a small hut sit below large waterfront buildings with smoke drifting overhead.

1958 Yorktown beach view with scattered bathers, colorful umbrellas, a low shore hut, and large buildings near a smoking stack. — Scattered sunbathers and umbrellas appear on the sand with urban waterfront structures behind them.

1958 Yorktown shoreline frame showing beach umbrellas, bathers, low huts, tall waterfront structures, and smoke rising at right. — The camera widens to include more shoreline structures, umbrellas, beachgoers, and smoke rising near the buildings.

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