Yorktown Virginia-1958: Historic Beachside Building and Crowded Shore

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

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Historic Beachside Building and Crowded Shore — Clip Details

YORKTOWN VIRGINIA-1958: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a large, historic building with a distinctive arched roof situated directly on the beach. The structure, likely a pavilion or event hall, stands beside the ocean under a clear blue sky. A crowded beach with numerous people enjoying the sun and waves stretches along the shore in front of the building. The footage, shot from across the water, shows gentle waves lapping the shore and a pier extending into the sea. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including soft focus, natural color fading, and visible grain, evoking a nostalgic 1950s seaside holiday atmosphere.

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: 127284810

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm beachside exterior useful for documentary or museum edits needing Yorktown, Virginia shoreline atmosphere and visitor-shot coastal architecture.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century beach pavilion or waterfront public building, with crowded shore activity, pier pilings and home-movie color typical of 1958 travel footage.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the distant visitor perspective, watching surf, beachgoers and a prominent shorefront structure from across the water rather than a staged view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the arched-roof waterfront building, crowded sandy beach, blue sky, low waves, pier supports, shoreline rocks and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate shadows and a steady but informal home-movie composition.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, seaside transition, travel-memory beat or contextual cutaway for 1950s Virginia coastal leisure.
Historical context: The scene documents a busy public beach setting with swimmers or visitors gathered near a large waterfront building, offering social context without identifying individuals.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from location or personal rights.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1958 Yorktown Virginia beach footage, 1950s 8mm waterfront pavilion, vintage crowded shoreline home movie and mid-century coastal travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Yorktown or 1958 Virginia material, then broader 1950s beach, pier and seaside leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yorktown, Virginia shoreline view with an arched-roof beachside building, crowded sand, surf and pier supports at the right edge. — Arched waterfront building seen beyond a busy beach and shallow waves.

Distant Yorktown beach scene showing a large arched-roof waterfront structure, crowded shoreline, blue water and pier timbers at right. — Crowded shore and large waterfront structure viewed from across the water.

1958 home-movie frame of the Yorktown shoreline, with a large beachside building, crowded sand, rolling surf and soft 8mm color. — Beach crowd and arched-roof shore building in soft 8mm color.

Wide 1958 Yorktown shoreline view with the arched-roof waterfront building partly to the right, crowds on the beach and surf in the foreground. — Wide coastal view with beachgoers, surf and the waterfront building.

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