New York-1948: Person Sitting on Rock by the Beach

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

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Person Sitting on Rock by the Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a serene beach scene in New York. A person in a light-colored shirt sits on a rock near the water's edge, gazing at the calm waves. The sandy shore is dotted with rocks, and the ocean stretches under a deep blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American beach vacation. The camera remains steady, focusing on the quiet moment between the individual and the sea.

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: 127560636

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: 1940s New York 8mm beach footage suited to requests for quiet coastal recreation, seaside memory beats, or mid-century vacation cutaways.
Period detail: The light clothing, simple beach setting, and 8mm color home-movie texture may show a late-1940s leisure scene, with no visible landmarks to narrow the location further.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment of a person sitting alone on a shoreline rock and looking toward the water as the camera observes from a fixed distance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale sand, low rocks, calm surf, a blue ocean horizon, deep sky color, and one seated person in a light shirt.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, saturated blue tones, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and a steady home-movie frame that add physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a reflective cutaway, coastal transition, vacation-memory insert, or quiet pause between more active family or travel scenes.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for informal seaside leisure in a mid-century home movie, while the frames do not identify a specific beach, community, or event.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so copyright, likeness, and any location-use concerns should be reviewed separately despite no visible brands or private property.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1948 New York beach 8mm, 1940s seaside home movie, person sitting on rock by ocean, and vintage calm waves footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with New York 1948 coastal footage, then with broader 1940s beach, ocean, and quiet vacation themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York 8mm frame showing a person in light clothing seated on a rock near calm surf, with pale sand and a blue horizon. — A person sits near the waterline on a rocky stretch of pale beach.

1948 New York beach frame with a seated person on a low rock, calm waves, pale sand, and scattered shoreline rocks. — The seated figure remains at the right edge as small waves break behind them.

1948 New York 8mm still showing a quiet beach, a foreground rock, calm ocean, and a person seated near the water. — A foreground rock anchors the frame while the person sits closer to the surf.

Late-1940s New York beach frame with a person seated on a shoreline rock, calm surf, pale sand, and saturated blue water. — The clip closes on the same quiet shoreline view with the seated figure facing the water.

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