Netherlands-1946: Ship on Choppy Water at Sunset

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationNetherlands
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Netherlands

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Ship on Choppy Water at Sunset — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a naval ship silhouetted against a vibrant sunset over choppy waters. The sun, a bright white orb, hovers near the horizon, casting a warm glow of purple and pink across the sky. The grainy texture and film scratches are visible, adding to the authentic, nostalgic feel of this archival footage. The ship moves steadily through the waves, viewed through a dark frame, likely from a window. This evocative scene blends maritime history with the quiet beauty of a sea sunset, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 123139771

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

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: 1940s Netherlands maritime home-movie footage for documentary inserts needing a silhouetted ship at sunset on open water.
Period detail: The 8mm frame, heavy grain, and simple ship silhouette support a mid-1940s amateur-film reading, with no visible landmark confirming a more specific location.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a quiet observer's perspective, likely filmed from behind a dark window or frame as the ship passes across choppy water.
What appears in frame: A low sun near the horizon, purple-pink sky, dark ship silhouette, choppy sea, vertical dark frame edge, and visible film dust fill the view.
Film character: Soft 8mm color, gate edges, exposure falloff, dust, scratches, and slight softness give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a maritime transition, sunset cutaway, voyage insert, or reflective memory beat between travel or postwar-era scenes.
Historical context: The footage visually suggests seaborne travel or harbor approach in the Netherlands context, while the ship type and exact route are not identifiable from the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable markings are visible, but ship identity, copyright status, and any location-specific rights should be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1940s Netherlands 8mm ship at sunset, vintage home movie sea horizon, and silhouetted vessel on choppy water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Netherlands maritime footage, then broader ship, sea, sunset, and travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Netherlands 8mm frame showing a dark ship silhouette on choppy water beneath a pink-purple sunset sky. — A silhouetted ship moves across choppy water as the sun sits low near the horizon.

1946 Netherlands 8mm frame with a ship silhouette at right, choppy sea, and sunset light along the horizon. — The ship sits near the right edge of the frame as the sun glows above the waterline.

1946 Netherlands 8mm frame showing a silhouetted ship partly obscured by a dark frame edge at sunset. — A dark vertical edge partly cuts across the silhouetted ship during the sunset shot.

1946 Netherlands 8mm frame of a ship silhouette at right, rough water, and a low sun in a muted evening sky. — The final frame holds the ship at right as sunset light fades across the choppy sea.

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