New York-1948: Mansion at Sea Edge with Palm Trees

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

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Mansion at Sea Edge with Palm Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched coastal view from a boat or pier. A large, light-colored mansion sits at the edge of the sea, surrounded by lush palm trees and tropical foliage under a bright blue sky. The footage shows gentle water movement and a steady, slightly wobbly perspective, characteristic of handheld Super 8 film. The warm, slightly faded color palette and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, mid-century American vacation memory.

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: 127560334

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: 1940s coastal home-movie footage for editors needing a brief tropical waterfront estate view from the New York-labeled reel.
Period detail: The light-toned seaside mansion, palms, blue water, and color 8mm stock may show mid-century vacation or resort-area surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot boat or pier perspective, with the camera lingering across the water rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue sea, distant pale buildings, palm trees, shoreline vegetation, a small waterfront structure, sky, clouds, and film gate borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight weave, faded color, and handheld steadiness that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel transition, coastal memory beat, or establishing insert before more specific reel material.
Historical context: The view suggests leisure travel or waterfront residence imagery, but the frames do not identify the exact property or social setting.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any recognizable property issues still need separate review.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1948 8mm coastal mansion, vintage home movie palm trees by sea, and New York-labeled waterfront estate footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with confirmed New York 1948 coastal material, then with broader vintage seaside estate views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York-labeled 8mm frame showing blue sea, a pale coastal mansion, palms, and shoreline trees from across the water. — Distant mansion and palms seen across blue coastal water.

1948 New York-labeled home-movie frame with a pale seaside residence, palms, trees, and calm blue water viewed from offshore. — Waterfront residence and palms viewed from a boat or pier.

Soft 8mm frame of a palm-lined coastal property and pale buildings across blue water, from the 1948 New York-labeled clip. — Palm-lined shore and pale buildings across the water.

1948 New York-labeled 8mm frame showing a distant light-colored waterfront mansion, palms, shoreline trees, and blue sea. — Coastal mansion and palm trees framed across open water.

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