New York-1948: Fisherman Reels In Large Fish On Boat

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

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Fisherman Reels In Large Fish On Boat — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1948: A fisherman reels in a catch from a boat on a sunny day, with a large fish thrashing in the water and creating splashes. The 8mm film captures the struggle between the angler and the fish, showing the fish's size and the effort involved. The scene is set on open water with waves and sunlight reflecting off the surface, conveying the excitement of a successful fishing trip. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic home movie quality with natural film grain and color.

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: 127560557

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 documentary or commercial edits needing New York home-movie fishing action on open water.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century recreational fishing trip, with visible clues limited to 8mm color stock, boat-side framing, a fishing line, and open water.
Home-movie behavior: The clip captures an unstaged fishing moment as someone off camera works a catch close to the boat while the fish thrashes at the surface.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sunlit rippling water, a hooked fish, white splashes, a taut fishing line, a rod or pole, and dark frame borders from the film scan.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure bloom on the water, and handheld boat-side framing that supports its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, action insert, recreation beat, or transition within a fishing, boating, or outdoor leisure sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects postwar-era leisure imagery without making claims beyond the visible act of recreational fishing on New York waters.
Research note: People are flagged for the clip but no identifiable faces appear in these stills; copyright, likeness, and location context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1948 New York 8mm fishing footage, home movie boat fishing, fish thrashing in water, and vintage recreational angling.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1948 New York waterfront or boating scenes, then broader 1940s fishing and outdoor recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York 8mm frame showing sunlit open water with ripples, with the fishing action not yet clearly visible. — Rippling water fills the boat-side frame before the catch breaks the surface.

1948 New York 8mm frame with a dark fish shape near the surface of bright, rippling water. — A dark fish shape begins to show near the surface amid small splashes.

1948 New York 8mm frame showing a hooked fish thrashing near the boat, throwing white spray across blue water. — The fish breaks the surface and splashes hard beside the boat.

1948 New York 8mm frame showing a rod or pole at right and a fish splashing at the surface beside the boat. — A rod or pole angles into view as the fish churns the water near the boat.

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