New York-1948: Well-Dressed Passengers on Cruise Ship Deck

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

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Well-Dressed Passengers on Cruise Ship Deck — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a group of well-dressed men and women on the deck of a large cruise ship, likely departing from New York. The passengers, wearing period-appropriate attire including suits, hats, and dresses, stand near the railing, observing the water as the vessel moves. The footage shows a mix of formal and casual interactions, with some individuals smiling and others looking out at the sea. The final frame reveals the ship's stern, featuring a prominent logo and the name 'ATLANTIC' on the side, confirming the vessel's identity. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the late 1940s, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century travel and leisure. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 127560224

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1940s archival requests for passenger travel, ocean-liner leisure, and New York departure scenes in documentary or period editorial work.
Period detail: Formal suits, hats, dresses, deck railings, lifeboats, signal flags, and a large ship funnel may show mid-century cruise or liner travel.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged value in passengers gathering at the rail, turning toward one another, and casually watching the water from the deck.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include passengers at a railing, open water, deck stairs, a white ship exterior, lifeboats, signal bunting, a large funnel, and the word ATLANTIC.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, faded color, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a home-movie record.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel transition, shipboard cutaway, or memory beat for postwar leisure and Atlantic passenger travel.
Historical context: The visible clothing and shipboard setting place the scene within a social context of dressed-up group travel and public deck observation.
Research note: People and a visible vessel name or logo require likeness and trademark or property review separate from any film copyright assessment.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1948 8mm cruise ship passengers, New York ocean liner home movie, Atlantic ship deck, and 1940s travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1948 New York harbor or ship footage, then broader mid-century cruise and ocean travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Well-dressed passengers stand on a ship deck near railings, with open water behind them in 1948 home-movie footage. — Passengers gather by the deck railing as the ship moves on the water.

Passengers in suits, dresses, and hats stand by a ship railing with water beyond, likely during a New York cruise departure. — A small group pauses beside the railing on the cruise ship deck.

A large white cruise ship section shows lifeboats, a funnel emblem, deck structures, and bunting in faded 8mm color. — The camera shifts to the ship exterior with lifeboats and a large funnel.

The ship exterior fills the frame with lifeboats, railings, passengers in the distance, bunting, and the visible name ATLANTIC. — The ship exterior shows lifeboats, deck railings, flags, and the name ATLANTIC.

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