Yorktown Virginia-1958: Customs House Near The Sea With Small Boat

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

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Customs House Near The Sea With Small Boat — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a small white building with a dark gabled roof and a prominent 'CUSTOMS' sign, likely a customs house in Yorktown, Virginia. The structure features a brick chimney and a window with a grid pattern, set against a backdrop of calm sea waters where a small boat floats in the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, documentary-style feel, with the camera slowly panning to reveal more of the building and the coastal scene.

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: 127285733

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 Yorktown coastal home-movie footage for productions needing a brief customs-house exterior, waterfront insert, or travel-memory cutaway.
Period detail: The painted CUSTOMS sign, simple gabled building, brick chimney, divided window, and small boat offshore may show a mid-century waterfront administrative scene.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels like a visitor pausing on a coastal walk, slowly finding the sign, roofline, window, and water rather than staging an official view.
What appears in frame: Visible details include the CUSTOMS lettering, white wall, dark gabled roof, brick chimney, divided window, railing, shrubs, calm water, and a small boat.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, fine grain, muted color, slight gate edges, and handheld framing that give the clip recognizable home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a concise establishing insert, waterfront transition, location clue, or quiet memory beat in a Yorktown or customs-related sequence.
Historical context: The view suggests a small waterfront customs building beside open water, useful as visual context for coastal travel, local administration, or historic-site visits.
Research note: The CUSTOMS sign is visible and should be reviewed as signage; no people appear, but copyright, location, and property considerations remain separate checks.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 8mm Yorktown customs house, Virginia waterfront customs sign, mid-century coastal building, and home movie small boat offshore.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1958 Yorktown or Virginia waterfront clips, then broader customs, harbor, boat, and coastal-building footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yorktown home-movie frame showing part of a CUSTOMS sign on a small building near calm water with a distant boat. — A partial view of the customs building, roofline, chimney, window, and offshore boat.

1958 Yorktown frame with the CUSTOMS sign partly visible on a small waterfront building, calm water behind it, and a boat offshore. — The camera holds on the customs building with water and a small boat beyond.

1958 Yorktown home-movie view of the CUSTOMS sign across a small white waterfront building with roof, chimney, windows, and water behind. — A clearer view of the CUSTOMS sign across the waterfront building facade.

1958 Yorktown frame centering the CUSTOMS sign on the small waterfront building, with chimney, windows, railing, and calm water visible. — The customs sign is centered as the building sits against the calm waterfront.

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