New York-1948: White Ocean Liner with Flag

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 New York

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White Ocean Liner with Flag — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1948: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a large white ocean liner docked at a port, its iconic funnel displaying a blue logo. A red British Red Ensign flag flutters in the breeze on a pole in the foreground, adding a splash of color against the ship's white hull. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera movement, conveying a nostalgic, archival feel of mid-20th century maritime travel. The scene is set on a clear day, with the ship's multiple decks and lifeboats visible, evoking a sense of classic ocean liner nostalgia.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127560176

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

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 documentary or educational edits needing color home-movie views of ocean-liner travel and New York harbor maritime activity.
Period detail: The large liner, deck lifeboats, tall funnel marking, and British Red Ensign foreground flag may show mid-century transatlantic passenger-ship culture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot harbor viewpoint, with the camera holding on the docked ship from across water rather than staging an official maritime view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white ocean liner, deck lifeboats, a tall funnel with a blue emblem, rows of portholes, harbor water, and a red ensign flag in the foreground.
Film character: The 8mm color scan carries soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, gate edges, dust marks, and slight handheld drift consistent with home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel-memory insert, maritime transition, or establishing detail for postwar passenger-ship material.
Historical context: The scene visually situates ocean travel through a large passenger ship at a New York harbor setting, without confirming the vessel name or sailing event.
Research note: A visible funnel emblem and flag warrant brand or vessel-identification review; no people are visible, but copyright and trademark clearance remain separate checks.
Research search match: Searches this clip may match include 1948 New York ocean liner, 8mm harbor ship footage, British Red Ensign passenger ship, and vintage color docked liner.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel harbor material, then other New York 1948 travel views, then broader 1940s ocean-liner and port footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York harbor view of a white ocean liner with lifeboats and a red ensign flag in the foreground. — A large white liner sits across the water as a red ensign flag crosses the foreground.

Color 8mm view of a docked white ocean liner in New York, with a red ensign flag partly visible in front. — The ship's funnel and upper decks remain centered while the red flag flutters below.

1948 New York home-movie frame showing a white passenger ship, lifeboats, funnel marking, and foreground red ensign. — The camera shifts along the ship's side, keeping the flag and upper decks in view.

New York 1948 harbor footage frames the white liner's decks and funnel beside a foreground red ensign flag. — The final frame holds on the liner's upper decks, funnel, and the red flag near the right edge.

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