Yorktown Virginia-1958: Panoramic View Of Lion Statues On Waterfront

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

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Panoramic View Of Lion Statues On Waterfront — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a panoramic view of a large body of water from a moving boat. The camera glides past a stone embankment adorned with classical statues, including a prominent lion sculpture, set against a backdrop of lush green trees. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight motion blur, and the characteristic color palette of mid-century home movies, evoking a sense of nostalgic Americana and serene waterfront scenery.

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: 127286037

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: 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 Yorktown waterfront home-movie footage for editors needing a brief scenic boat-view insert with stone shoreline, trees, water, and classical statuary.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century visitor footage from 1958, with color 8mm texture, a landscaped waterfront, stone embankment, and decorative lion sculpture visible from the water.
Home-movie behavior: The camera records an unstaged passing view from a moving boat, valuing the tourist perspective and momentary glimpse more than a composed landmark study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling water, a stone shoreline wall, dense green trees, small white statues, a prominent lion sculpture, and a pavilion-like structure.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, gentle color fading, gate edges, and motion blur that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short scenic cutaway, travel transition, waterfront establishing detail, or memory beat within a 1950s Virginia or Americana sequence.
Historical context: The footage places decorative public waterfront landscaping within a leisure-viewing context, seen from the water rather than from a formal street or monument angle.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or logos are visible, but location identity, copyright status, and any property or sculpture rights should still be checked for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1958 Yorktown Virginia 8mm waterfront, vintage boat view lion statue, and 1950s home movie shoreline scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other Yorktown or 1958 Virginia material, then with mid-century waterfront, boat, and travel-home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yorktown waterfront view from a moving boat, showing rippling water, a stone embankment, trees, and a lion sculpture. — Boat-level view of a landscaped waterfront with a lion sculpture and trees beyond a stone shoreline.

Yorktown, Virginia waterfront in 1958 with a lion sculpture, small statues, trees, and water filmed from a passing boat. — The passing camera centers the lion sculpture along the tree-lined stone waterfront.

1958 boat-view frame of the Yorktown waterfront, with the lion sculpture partly at left and an arched structure among trees. — As the boat moves, the lion sculpture drifts left while an arched waterfront structure comes into view.

Yorktown waterfront view from 1958, showing water, trees, a stone embankment, a small statue, and an arched shore structure. — The final frame holds the waterfront trees and arched structure as the shoreline passes by.

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