New York-1948: Fisherman Reels In Fish With Red Fin On Sunny Day

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

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Fisherman Reels In Fish With Red Fin On Sunny Day — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1948 captures a fishing trip in New York. The footage shows a person on a boat reeling in a fish, with a fishing rod bent under tension against the sparkling blue water. A large fish with a distinctive red fin is pulled from the sea and held up, showcasing the successful catch. The scene is shot from a close, personal perspective, with the back of the fisherman visible as he looks out over the water. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American leisure moment.

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: 127560573

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s New York leisure, fishing, and small-boat recreation sequences in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-century recreational fishing cues through 8mm color stock, wooden boat details, simple fishing tackle, and close handheld framing.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged home-movie view as someone aboard the boat watches a catch being pulled from the water at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling blue water, a fishing rod, a wooden boat side, an adult seen from behind, hands, and a dark fish with a reddish fin or mouth area.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, saturated color, slight blur, hard frame edges, and handheld framing that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, memory beat, recreation cutaway, or transition within a fishing, family leisure, or coastal activity sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects postwar-era personal leisure as preserved in home-movie footage, without enough visible context to identify the exact boat, waterway, or people.
Research note: People are visible from limited angles, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and any fishing-related permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1948 8mm New York fishing trip, vintage home movie fisherman catches fish, and 1940s color boat fishing footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 New York footage, then broader vintage fishing, boating, and outdoor recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York 8mm frame showing a fishing rod over choppy blue water beside the edge of a small boat. — A fishing line pulls through the water beside the boat as the catch nears the surface.

Close 8mm view of an adult on a boat lifting a dark fish from the water during a New York fishing trip. — A person aboard the boat raises the fish just above the side rail.

An adult seen from behind watches a fish held close to the boat in vintage 8mm New York fishing footage. — The camera looks over an adult's shoulder as the catch is brought close to the boat.

A dark, speckled fish hangs above rippling water beside the boat in a 1948 New York home-movie fishing scene. — The fish is held up above the water, showing its dark body and reddish area near the head.

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