New York-1948: Island with Buildings and Calm Water

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

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Island with Buildings and Calm Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a serene coastal view from a boat. The clip shows a small island with tan-colored buildings and a rocky shoreline, surrounded by calm blue water under a bright, sunny sky. Sparse, wind-swept trees dot the landscape, and the footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation. The camera moves steadily, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a quiet seaside moment, likely from a family vacation. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127560454

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 New York archival requests needing a quiet coastal boat-view insert, shoreline cutaway, or travel-memory atmosphere.
Period detail: The low coastal buildings, sparse wind-shaped trees, rocky edge, and 8mm color stock may show a mid-century seaside or island setting without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries a visitor-shot boat perspective, lingering on the shoreline as the camera passes rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, a rocky shoreline, tan and white buildings, low trees, pale sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing give the clip a recognizable 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a coastal establishing insert, travel transition, memory beat, or quiet cutaway between family or vacation scenes.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests mid-century leisure travel or shoreline observation, but the frames do not support a named island, resort, or event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, though location and building identification may still require separate rights and property review.
Research search match: Researchers may find it under 1940s 8mm New York coastal view, boat-shot island shoreline, rocky waterfront buildings, or vintage home movie water scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with New York 1948 coastal footage, then with broader 1940s boat travel or island shoreline material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York 8mm frame showing blue water, a rocky shore, wind-shaped trees, and distant light-colored coastal buildings. — A boat-view frame looks across calm water toward a rocky shoreline with trees and small buildings.

1948 New York 8mm frame of a low coastal shoreline, blue water, sparse trees, and distant tan and white buildings. — The shoreline remains distant as the boat passes, with trees silhouetted against a pale sky.

1948 New York 8mm frame showing more of the coastal buildings, rocky shore, sparse trees, and calm blue water. — More shoreline buildings come into view behind the rocky edge and low trees.

1948 New York 8mm frame with blue water in the foreground and distant coastal buildings along a rocky shoreline. — The final frame shows a low waterfront cluster of buildings beyond calm blue water.

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