Yorktown Virginia-1958: A Flag Flies Near A Shoreline Building Overlooking The Ocean

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

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A Flag Flies Near A Shoreline Building Overlooking The Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a red flag fluttering in the wind near a shoreline building overlooking the ocean. A chain-link fence and a blue shield-shaped sign are visible in the foreground, with a string of colorful pennants strung across the scene. The overcast sky and calm water create a peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere, with a boat passing in the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color fading, offering authentic archival footage for historical or editorial projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127285807

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 Yorktown shoreline home-movie footage suited for documentary cutaways about coastal travel, harbor settings, or mid-century visitor viewpoints.
Period detail: The frame may show mid-century shoreline signage, chain-link fencing, pennant bunting, and a red flag near a waterfront building in Yorktown, Virginia.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a visitor-held observation, lingering on a flag and waterfront details rather than staging action or people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red flag, shoreline building edge, chain-link fence, blue shield-shaped sign, small red notice sign, pennant string, calm water, and overcast sky.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet gate edges that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing cutaway, waterfront transition, or quiet memory beat between Yorktown travel or harbor scenes.
Historical context: The scene visually places a visitor near a managed waterfront or public shoreline area, with signs and fencing framing the water beyond.
Research note: No people are visible, but signage, flags, waterfront structures, and possible property context should still be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1958 Yorktown Virginia waterfront, 8mm shoreline flag, mid-century harbor building, and vintage home movie pennants by water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Yorktown travel shots, then other 1958 Virginia waterfront clips, then broader 1950s harbor or shoreline atmosphere footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yorktown, Virginia shoreline view with a red flag, chain-link fence, small signs, pennant string, and gray water in the background. — A red flag flutters beside a waterfront building and fence overlooking the water.

Yorktown shoreline frame from 1958 showing a red flag above fencing, a blue shield-shaped sign, small notice sign, roof edge, and calm water. — The flag shifts in the wind above fencing and shoreline signage.

1958 Yorktown waterfront view with the red flag centered, chain-link fence, blue shield-shaped sign, small sign, pennants, and muted water beyond. — A visitor-held shot centers the flag against the waterfront backdrop.

Late-frame 1958 Yorktown shoreline view with the red flag to the right, fencing, blue shield-shaped sign, small sign, roofline, and gray water. — The composition shifts right as the flag hangs above the fenced waterfront.

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