New York-1948: Two Persons Standing On The Beach Near The Sea And A Yellow Tent

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

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Two Persons Standing On The Beach Near The Sea And A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a quiet beach scene in New York. A bright yellow tent sits on the white sand near the water's edge, with two people standing at a distance, one in a light-colored shirt and the other in a blue outfit. The deep blue sea meets a vivid purple sky, creating a striking color palette typical of early color film. The footage shows natural grain and slight camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century leisure. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring 1940s Americana.

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: 127560611

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 requests needing 1940s New York beach leisure footage, especially documentary inserts, editorial cutaways, or memory sequences about mid-century coastal recreation.
Period detail: The small beach tent, simple swimwear or light summer clothing, and color 8mm home-movie texture may show late-1940s vacation habits without identifying a specific beach landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged home-movie feel, with distant beachgoers standing near the shoreline while the camera lingers on the yellow tent and surf.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white sand, a yellow beach tent, distant people, blue sea, low waves, purple-blue sky, scattered shore debris, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm color-film grain, saturated blues and yellows, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability that read as physical archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief seaside insert, transitional cutaway, vacation memory beat, or quiet establishing detail for 1940s leisure or family travel.
Historical context: The footage visually places everyday beach recreation within a mid-century home-movie context, emphasizing casual shoreline presence rather than a public event or landmark.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, private property, or identifiable brands are visible from these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 New York beach home movie, 8mm yellow beach tent, vintage seaside leisure footage, and 1940s coastal vacation cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1948 New York beach scenes, and finally with broader 1940s summer leisure or seaside travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York 8mm frame showing a yellow beach tent on white sand, with distant people standing by the blue sea. — A yellow tent sits on the sand while distant beachgoers stand near the waterline.

A yellow tent rests on a New York beach in 1948, with two distant figures spaced along the shoreline. — Two distant figures stand along the shoreline beyond a yellow tent on the beach.

A grainy 8mm view of a yellow beach tent on white sand, with a distant person standing near the New York shoreline. — The camera holds on the tent as a distant person stands near the surf.

Final 1948 New York beach frame with a yellow tent, a distant shoreline figure, blue water, and a sand mound at right. — A sand mound enters the right edge as the yellow tent remains in view near the shoreline.

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