New York-1948: Passengers on Ship Deck

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 New York

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Passengers on Ship Deck — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1948: A vintage 8mm film clip captures passengers on a ship deck, likely during a cruise. A woman in a beige jacket and white hat walks with a man in a suit, passing a red and white life preserver marked 'QUEEN OF LONDON'. The scene shifts to a group of women in period hats and coats conversing near a staircase. The footage shows classic 1940s fashion, with soft colors and film grain characteristic of home movies from the era. The mood is relaxed and nostalgic, documenting a moment of travel and social interaction.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127560042

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: Yes
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 2269 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,decoration day,wj nolan jr
Reel-level year note: 1948
Reel-level location note: geneva new york
Date: 1948 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s travel, ocean liner, and passenger leisure sequences needing brief editorial home-movie material from New York-linked shipboard footage.
Period detail: The coats, hats, gloves, suits, deck railings, stairway, and life ring may show late-1940s passenger-ship style and social dress.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves casual deck behavior as passengers walk, pause, talk, and appear to pose for a nearby camera rather than perform for a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult passengers, period coats and hats, a suited man, ship railings, deck stairs, life rings, water or harbor background, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild exposure variation, handheld framing, and contact-print borders that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, travel transition, social cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century passenger travel and shipboard leisure.
Historical context: The scene documents adults socializing on an outdoor ship deck, with clothing and passenger behavior offering visual context for postwar-era leisure travel.
Research note: Faces and a visible life ring marking require review for likeness, trademark or vessel identification, while copyright clearance remains separate from those issues.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 New York 8mm ship deck passengers, vintage ocean liner home movie, 1940s cruise travelers, and women in period hats on deck.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1948 New York or shipboard travel clips, then with broader vintage cruise and passenger-deck material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York-linked home-movie frame of two adults on a ship deck beside railings and a red-and-white life ring. — Two passengers stand near the rail on a ship deck, with a life ring partly visible beside them.

Passengers on a ship deck pass a red-and-white life ring marked Queen of London in 1948 archival home-movie footage. — A woman in a light jacket and a suited man walk near a life ring marked Queen of London.

Women in period coats and hats gather on an outdoor ship deck near a stairway and life ring, supported as 1948 footage. — Several women talk on deck near the ship stairs, wearing coats, hats, and gloves.

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