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New York-1948: Camera Pans From Left To Right Across Body Of Water And Beach

  • Year1948
  • Decade1940s
  • LocationNew York, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1948 New York
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Camera Pans From Left To Right Across Body Of Water And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil tropical beach scene. The camera pans slowly from left to right across calm blue water, revealing a sandy shore lined with white lounge chairs and tall palm trees. A pink building sits atop a grassy hill in the background under a clear sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a soft focus, evoking a nostalgic 1940s vacation memory. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring mid-century travel and leisure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127560293

Rights & Clearance

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 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 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
New York, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

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  • 1948
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  • Super 8 home movie
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  • vintage camera pan
  • retro travel footage
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  • vintage lounge chairs
  • tropical island home movie
  • 1940s leisure
  • old film grain
  • 8mm home movie footage
  • vintage travel memory
  • 1940s family vacation
  • tropical resort 1948
  • vintage documentary footage
  • 8mm film pan

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Supports 1940s travel or leisure archive requests needing a brief waterfront beach pan with palms, lounge chairs, and resort-like architecture for documentary or editorial use.

Still Frames From This Clip

Beachfront with palms, lounge chairs, water, and a pink building on a grassy rise.

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