Netherlands-1946: Ship Route Sign for Transatlantic Voyage

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationNetherlands
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Netherlands

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Ship Route Sign for Transatlantic Voyage — Clip Details

A close-up of a vintage 8mm film title card from March 1946, showing the voyage route of the SS Geo. M. Bibb. The white text on a deep blue background lists the ship's ports: New York, Houston, Rotterdam, and New York. The footage captures the grainy texture and slight flicker of wartime home movie film, evoking a sense of historical travel and wartime maritime logistics.

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: 123139739

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1946 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Netherlands Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s documentary requests needing an 8mm title-card insert for postwar Atlantic travel, ship routing, or voyage chronology.
Period detail: The typed card names the SS Geo. M. Bibb and lists New York, Houston, Rotterdam, New York, with March 1946 printed at the bottom.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the home-movie labeling practice, where the filmer documented a route before or during the trip rather than staging a scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white block lettering, a deep blue card, the SS Geo. M. Bibb name, listed ports, March 1946 date, film grain, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight flicker, uneven exposure, and rounded dark borders from the physical film frame.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an opening insert, route marker, transition card, or brief evidence shot before related ship or port footage.
Historical context: The card provides visual context for a March 1946 voyage itinerary involving New York, Houston, and Rotterdam without showing the ship or passengers.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still check copyright status and any collection-specific restrictions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 8mm ship voyage title card, SS Geo. M. Bibb route card, New York Houston Rotterdam travel, and postwar home movie itinerary.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots from the same voyage, then Netherlands or Rotterdam 1946 material, then broader maritime travel and postwar transport footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm title card for SS Geo. M. Bibb showing New York, Houston, Rotterdam, and New York on a blue background. — Title card lists the SS Geo. M. Bibb route and March 1946 date.

Close 8mm frame of the SS Geo. M. Bibb route card, with New York, Houston, Rotterdam, and March 1946 visible. — Route title card remains centered in the 8mm frame.

The SS Geo. M. Bibb route card appears slightly lower in frame, with the ports and March 1946 date still legible. — A slightly shifted frame shows the same voyage route card.

Final 8mm frame shows the SS Geo. M. Bibb title card listing New York, Houston, Rotterdam, New York, and March 1946. — The voyage route card closes the brief clip.

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