New York-1948: People Take A Ride On A Red And White Motorboat In Open Ocean

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

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People Take A Ride On A Red And White Motorboat In Open... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1948 captures a red and white motorboat speeding across deep blue open ocean waters. Passengers are visible aboard the classic vessel as it cuts through the water, leaving a white wake behind. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century Super 8 film, with dark vertical borders framing the scene. This nostalgic clip evokes a sense of leisure and adventure from a bygone era.

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: 127561021

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 editorial sequences needing New York-area leisure boating, open-water travel, or mid-century home-movie recreation footage.
Period detail: The red-roofed white motorboat and color 8mm scan may show late-1940s recreational boating, with no visible landmark to confirm a precise waterway.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged family-travel feel, watching passengers ride a fast motorboat across open water from a distant vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red and white motorboat, several passengers, deep blue water, white wake, spray, film-frame borders, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip shows saturated color, visible grain, soft focus, exposure variation, and dark frame edges consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, travel insert, leisure-memory beat, or transition within a maritime or postwar recreation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational motorboating and small-group leisure on open water, without visible signage or landmarks tying it to a specific event.
Research note: People are visible aboard the boat, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, privacy, and location/property issues should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1948 New York 8mm motorboat footage, vintage open-ocean boating, red and white boat ride, and home-movie water travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1948 waterfront footage, then broader 1940s boating and leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York home-movie frame showing a red and white motorboat moving across open blue water with passengers visible. — A red and white motorboat rides across open water, leaving a bright wake behind it.

1948 New York footage frame with a small group riding in a red and white motorboat over open water. — Passengers ride in the motorboat as it cuts across the water and throws a foamy wake.

A red-topped white motorboat carries passengers across open water in this 1948 New York 8mm frame. — The boat continues across the frame with passengers seated and white spray trailing behind.

Final frame shows the red and white motorboat on blue open water, with passengers visible and wake spreading behind. — The motorboat moves through open water, its wake spreading broadly across the blue surface.

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