New York-1948: Two Smartly Dressed Men Walking On Beach Near The Sea

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

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Two Smartly Dressed Men Walking On Beach Near The Sea — Clip Details

Two smartly dressed men in suits walk along a sun-drenched beach in New York, 1948. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the era's classic summer holiday vibe with vibrant colors and natural film grain. The men stroll past a rocky shoreline with a hillside building in the background, while other beachgoers enjoy the sea. The handheld camera follows their movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century leisure and seaside life.

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: 127560588

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 seaside leisure requests needing brief New York beach life, suited visitors, and home-movie vacation atmosphere for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The men's tailored jackets, light trousers, beachwear in the distance, and soft Kodachrome-like color may show late-1940s vacation style and resort-beach dress.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged home-movie value as the camera follows two men strolling across the sand while other beachgoers remain casual background activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two suited men, pale sand, low surf, a rocky shoreline, hillside buildings, distant bathers, and yellow beach windbreaks or fabric.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, natural grain, uneven exposure, slight gate borders, and handheld framing that preserve the physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century travel, friendship, beach vacations, or seaside social life.
Historical context: The footage reflects a leisure setting where dressed visitors and swimmers share the same shoreline, suggesting informal postwar-era beach recreation without claiming a specific event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 8mm New York beach footage, two men walking on sand, vintage seaside vacation, mid-century home movie, and 1940s coastal leisure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1948 beach material, then broader 1940s seaside travel and summer leisure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supported 1948 New York footage, two smartly dressed men walk along a sunlit beach with sea, rocks, and hillside buildings beyond. — Two suited men stroll away from the camera across the sand near the shoreline.

The two men continue along the New York beach, passing pale sand, low surf, distant swimmers, and hillside buildings in the 1948 home-movie scene. — The pair moves across the beach as swimmers and surf appear farther down the shore.

A suited figure moves out of frame on the left as the camera holds on the bright New York beach, surf, distant bathers, and shoreline structures. — The walking figure leaves the frame, revealing more of the open beach and water.

The final frame shows the New York shoreline after the men have passed, with pale sand, low surf, distant beachgoers, hillside coast, and yellow beach fabric. — The camera settles briefly on the open shoreline with beachgoers in the distance.

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