New York-1948: A Man And Woman Fishing On A Boat In The Blue Sea

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 New York

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A Man And Woman Fishing On A Boat In The Blue Sea — Clip Details

A man and a woman enjoy a sunny day at sea from a moving boat, captured on 8mm film in 1948. The man holds a fishing rod, gazing out at the blue water, while the woman, wearing a colorful headscarf and sunglasses, looks on. The footage shows the boat's wake and the shimmering ocean surface, conveying a sense of leisure and mid-century coastal recreation. The grainy, colorful quality of the Super 8 film adds authentic vintage charm.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127560536

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: 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 archival requests needing leisure boating, recreational fishing, or coastal home-movie material from New York waters.
Period detail: The clothing, headscarf, sunglasses, fishing rod, and 8mm color stock may show mid-century leisure boating style without identifying a specific vessel or shoreline.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passenger viewpoint as adults look out from a moving boat while the wake and open water pass behind them.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adults on a boat, fishing rods, a colorful headscarf, sunglasses, dark window or rail divisions, blue water, white wake, and sunlit sea surface.
Film character: The footage carries a home-movie 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing from inside or beside the boat.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for mid-century recreation, boating travel, or coastal family leisure sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects private leisure on the water, with adults dressed for sun and wind, but the frames do not identify a harbor, landmark, or fishing destination.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to any copyright or source-rights assessment.
Research search match: Searches this clip may match include 1940s 8mm boating, New York sea fishing home movie, vintage coastal recreation, and adults on boat footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel boating or fishing shots, then with New York 1948 coastal material, then with broader mid-century water recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York home-movie frame showing adults aboard a moving boat, partly divided by dark rails or window posts, with fishing rods and wake visible. — Passengers with fishing rods are seen against blue water from a moving boat.

A man and headscarfed woman sit on the boat as water churns behind them.

1948 New York home-movie frame showing a woman in sunglasses and a colorful headscarf on a moving boat, with wake and open water behind her. — A woman in a headscarf and sunglasses looks across the boat with the wake behind her.

1948 New York boating frame focused on shimmering open water, partly bordered by dark boat structure, with no clear person centered in view. — The camera turns toward sunlit water framed by dark parts of the boat.

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