Yorktown Virginia-1958: Beachfront Resort and Fishing Activity

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

Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationYorktown, Virginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Yorktown Virginia

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Beachfront Resort and Fishing Activity — Clip Details

YORKTOWN VIRGINIA-1958: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a bustling beachfront scene with a grand historic building featuring domes and towers under a clear blue sky. The foreground shows a crowded beach with colorful umbrellas and beachgoers enjoying a sunny summer day. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, retro aesthetic. The final frames shift to a close-up of a fishing net or tackle in dark water, suggesting a fishing activity. This authentic home movie offers a glimpse into mid-century American coastal life and 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: 127284729

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

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 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s editorial or documentary requests needing Yorktown beachfront leisure, resort architecture, and a brief fishing-related cutaway from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century coastal tourism through crowded beach activity, striped awnings or umbrellas, and a large historic-looking waterfront building seen from a visitor viewpoint.
Home-movie behavior: The footage reads as an unstaged vacation record, moving from a distant beachfront crowd scene to close attention on fishing tackle or netting in dark water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a waterfront building with towers and domes, beachgoers, striped awnings or umbrellas, open sky, dark water, and fishing gear or netting.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, saturated blues and greens, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert for coastal vacation life, then cut to the fishing close-up as a transition into recreation or shoreline activity.
Historical context: The images suggest summer public leisure along a Virginia waterfront, with visitors gathered near a beach and fishing activity appearing in the final frames.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed even though no logos are apparent; copyright status is separate from privacy, property, and publicity checks.
Research search match: Research matches include 1958 Yorktown Virginia beach footage, 1950s waterfront resort home movie, vintage 8mm beach crowd, and fishing tackle close-up.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Yorktown or Virginia waterfront material from 1958, then broader 1950s beach vacation and fishing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yorktown, Virginia home-movie frame showing a large waterfront building, distant beachgoers, and striped shade structures. — Crowded beachfront below a large historic-looking waterfront building.

1958 Yorktown, Virginia frame with a visitor-shot view of the waterfront building and busy beach area in soft 8mm color. — Beach crowd and striped shade structures in front of the waterfront building.

Close-up from the same Yorktown 1958 home movie showing fishing tackle or a net beside dark water with glints of light. — Fishing tackle or netting seen close to dark, reflective water.

Final 1958 Yorktown frame showing fishing gear or netting against dark water, with strong reflections and handheld framing. — Fishing gear or netting remains in view over dark water and reflections.

Visually Similar Clips