New York-1948: White Sailboats On A Smooth Clear Sea

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 New York

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White Sailboats On A Smooth Clear Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures white sailboats gliding across a smooth, clear sea in New York. The footage shows a classic sailboat with full white sails navigating calm waters, with a distant shoreline of houses and trees visible under a bright sky. The film exhibits natural grain and color shifts typical of 1940s home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century maritime leisure. The camera remains steady, focusing on the sailboats as they move through the tranquil harbor.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127560956

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: 1940s New York harbor footage for editors needing a brief maritime leisure cutaway or calm waterfront establishing detail.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century recreational sailing, with wooden-looking sailboats, full white sails, and a low shoreline of houses and trees visible across the water.
Home-movie behavior: The steady home-movie view observes boats passing across open water from a distant shore or elevated waterfront vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue harbor water, white sails, small sailboats, distant shoreline houses, low wooded hills, bright sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm color scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, blue color shift, and gate edges that support its home-movie texture.
Edit role: Use this as a short insert, transition, waterfront cutaway, or quiet memory beat between broader New York or boating scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational sailing and shoreline viewing in a mid-century coastal or harbor setting without identifying a specific marina or event.
Research note: People appear small aboard the boats, so likeness risk is likely limited but should still be reviewed separately from copyright and any property concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1948 New York 8mm sailboats, vintage harbor sailing, mid-century home movie waterfront, and white sails on calm water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1948 New York waterfront clips, then broader vintage sailing and leisure-boating material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York 8mm frame showing sailboats on calm blue water with shoreline houses and low hills in the distance. — Sailboats move across open water below a distant shoreline.

A white-sailed boat crosses calm New York harbor water in this 1948 home-movie frame, with shoreline houses behind it. — A sailboat passes across the harbor with houses visible on the far shore.

1948 New York 8mm frame of a white-sailed boat moving across blue harbor water, backed by a blurred shoreline. — The sailboat continues across the frame against the far shoreline.

White sails and a dark hull stand out on calm New York water in this 1948 home-movie frame, with the shoreline beyond. — A sailboat glides across calm water near a distant residential shoreline.

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