Barry United Kingdom-1945: Troops Embarking Title Card

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Year1945
Decade1940s
LocationBarry, United Kingdom
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Troops Embarking Title Card — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film title card from Barry, United Kingdom in 1945, showing the text 'BARRY, WALES' above a dashed line and 'Troops Embarking' below. The grainy, purple-tinged image with soft focus and film scratches captures the authentic look of a mid-20th century home movie. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into post-war military activity, likely documenting soldiers preparing for deployment or transport. The simple, typewritten text and aged film quality evoke a sense of historical documentation and personal memory.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123139296

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 1723 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1945
Reel-level location note: france,bordeux,versailles
Date: 1945 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: Barry, United Kingdom 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: Supports 1940s archive requests needing an 8mm title card insert for troop movement, embarkation, or wartime home-movie sequences.
Period detail: The typewritten card reading "BARRY, WALES" and "Troops Embarking" may indicate a 1945 travel or military-film chapter label within a home-movie reel.
Home-movie behavior: No people are visible, but the card preserves the filmmaker's own labeling practice before a documented sequence begins.
What appears in frame: The frames show repeated title-card views, black film borders, a dashed separator line, soft typewritten lettering, purple-gray stock, and visible film wear.
Film character: Heavy grain, muted purple cast, soft focus, edge falloff, and slight frame instability give the title card a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a chapter insert, establishing title, transition beat, or visual bridge before troop embarkation footage.
Historical context: The wording points to military embarkation as the subject, while the visible material itself is limited to a title card rather than the troop activity.
Research note: No faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any implications of military subject matter should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm troop embarkation title card, Barry Wales troops embarking, wartime home movie intertitle, and France 1945 military reel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with France or 1945 material, and then with other troop transport or military embarkation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1945 8mm title card associated with France, showing "BARRY, WALES" and "Troops Embarking" in soft typewritten text. — Title card for a troop embarkation sequence, labeled "BARRY, WALES."

Soft 8mm frame of the same title card, with "BARRY, WALES" over a dashed line and "Troops Embarking" below. — Repeated frame of the title card naming Barry, Wales and troops embarking.

1940s 8mm title card frame showing the same "BARRY, WALES" and "Troops Embarking" wording with visible film grain. — The title card remains on screen with soft focus and aged film texture.

Final sampled 8mm frame of the troop embarkation title card, with the text still centered and slightly blurred. — Final visible title-card frame before the troop embarkation sequence continues.

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