Netherlands-1946: SS Geo. M. Bibb Ship at Dock

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationNetherlands
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Netherlands

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SS Geo — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from March 1946 shows a title card for the SS Geo. M. Bibb, listing its voyage route: New York, Houston, Rotterdam, and back to New York. The footage captures the ship's bow in a dock, with visible rust and weathering, suggesting post-war service. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 home movie evokes a nostalgic wartime return narrative. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse into naval travel and maritime history during the immediate post-WWII 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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123139743

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 1946 postwar maritime or transatlantic shipping research needing a brief 8mm title-card and docked-ship insert.
Period detail: The March 1946 title card names SS Geo. M. Bibb and lists New York, Houston, Rotterdam, and New York as the visible voyage route.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a home-movie record quality, holding on the voyage card before a brief dockside view of the ship's bow.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue title cards, white route lettering, the March 1946 date, a docked ship bow, mooring lines, rust streaks, and harbor structures.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, and uneven exposure that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a maritime title insert, postwar travel transition, ship-identification cutaway, or short memory beat.
Historical context: The footage visually connects a named ship and route with Rotterdam in the immediate postwar period without showing passengers or crew.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but ship identification, copyright status, and any property or vessel-related restrictions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 8mm ship footage, SS Geo. M. Bibb title card, New York Houston Rotterdam route, and postwar Rotterdam harbor film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1946 Netherlands or Rotterdam footage, then broader postwar maritime and transatlantic travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm title card naming SS Geo. M. Bibb and listing New York, Houston, Rotterdam, and New York. — Title card for SS Geo. M. Bibb with route and March 1946 date.

Close title-card frame for SS Geo. M. Bibb showing the New York, Houston, Rotterdam, New York route in March 1946. — Repeated route title card for the SS Geo. M. Bibb voyage.

8mm frame of the SS Geo. M. Bibb title card, with route lettering and March 1946 date visible. — Route card listing New York, Houston, Rotterdam, and New York.

Dockside view of the SS Geo. M. Bibb bow in Rotterdam-associated 1946 footage, with rust streaks and rigging visible. — Ship bow at dock after the title-card sequence.

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