New York-1948: Tropical Island Beach with Palm Trees and Dock

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

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Tropical Island Beach with Palm Trees and Dock — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a serene tropical island scene viewed from the water. Palm trees line a white sand beach with scattered lounge chairs, while a small dock floats in the foreground. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and a distinct blue color cast, evoking a nostalgic, sun-drenched vacation atmosphere. Though labeled 'New York-1948,' the location is clearly a tropical paradise, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century leisure and travel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127560302

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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 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 or leisure edits needing a brief tropical shoreline view from archival home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frame may show mid-century resort leisure cues, including white beach chairs, palms, a small swim platform, and saturated 8mm color.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to observe the beach from across the water, giving the scene a quiet visitor-shot vacation perspective rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, a pale sand beach, palm trees, lounge chairs, dense shoreline greenery, and a small floating dock.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld framing, dark frame edges, and a pronounced blue color cast typical of aged color home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a tropical vacation insert, shoreline cutaway, travel transition, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The scene suggests mid-century recreational travel and beach leisure, though the specific island or resort setting is not identifiable from the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm tropical beach, vintage palm tree shoreline, home movie island dock, and mid-century resort water view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with New York-labeled 1948 material, then with other vintage tropical beach or leisure travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 8mm home-movie frame showing a palm-lined tropical beach across blue water, with pale sand and lounge chairs visible. — Palm trees and beach chairs line a quiet shoreline viewed from the water.

1948 8mm frame with a tropical-looking beach, dense palms, white lounge chairs, and part of a floating dock in the foreground. — A small dock enters the foreground below a palm-lined beach.

1948 home-movie frame showing palms and lounge chairs along a beach, with blue water and the edge of a floating dock in front. — Beach chairs sit beneath palms as the water and dock fill the lower frame.

1948 8mm frame showing a small floating dock in the foreground with palms, beach chairs, and a sandy shoreline behind it. — A floating swim platform sits in the water before a palm-lined beach.

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