New York-1948: Ship Battling Rough Seas

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

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Ship Battling Rough Seas — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1948, this vintage home movie captures a ship navigating rough seas from the deck. The bow cuts through choppy blue water under an overcast sky, with whitecaps and waves crashing against the hull. Ropes and rigging frame the view, emphasizing the vessel's movement. The footage shows the ship battling stormy conditions, with the deck and railings visible in the foreground. This authentic 1940s maritime scene offers a nostalgic glimpse of ocean travel during a turbulent voyage.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127561202

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 documentary edits needing real 8mm home-movie views of ocean travel, rough weather, or a ship moving through heavy seas.
Period detail: The deck railings, rigging, color 8mm stock, and shipboard vantage support a late-1940s maritime travel context without identifying a specific vessel.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a passenger-like view from the deck, recording the motion and force of the sea rather than a staged activity or posed subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the ship bow, white railings, deck hardware, ropes or rigging, choppy blue water, whitecaps, and an overcast horizon.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, muted color, and slight handheld instability give the brief clip the texture of scanned 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime cutaway, storm-at-sea insert, voyage transition, or memory beat within a travel or weather sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows ocean travel from an exposed deck during rough conditions, offering visual context for mid-century passenger or shipboard experience.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright status and vessel identification should still be reviewed before reuse.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1948 8mm ship rough seas, vintage ocean travel home movie, choppy water from deck, and 1940s maritime footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel voyage shots, then with New York or 1948 travel material, then with broader rough-sea or shipboard footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 8mm shipboard view from New York metadata showing a bow, deck railings, rigging, and rough blue sea. — The ship’s bow points into choppy water as rigging lines cross the deck view.

Shipboard deck view with pale railings and diagonal rigging lines over rough water in 1948 8mm footage. — Rough water and whitecaps fill the horizon beyond the ship’s forward deck.

A ship’s forward deck and rigging are seen as white water breaks along the hull in vintage 8mm footage. — A breaking wave appears near the ship while the camera looks forward over the bow.

The bow and deck railings remain in view as rough sea and whitecaps pass beneath an overcast sky. — The vessel continues through rolling water with whitecaps visible ahead.

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