Netherlands-1946: A Day At Work

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationNetherlands
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Netherlands

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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A Day At Work — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a bustling industrial work site in the Netherlands. Workers in light-colored uniforms and caps move across a paved yard, pushing hand carts and handling large white sacks. The high-angle view reveals long shadows cast by overhead structures, suggesting a bright, sunny day. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and subtle film jitter are characteristic of home movie footage from the era, offering a candid glimpse into post-war labor and daily life.

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: 123139795

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Supports archive requests for 1940s Netherlands work life, industrial labor, and postwar daily routines in documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The high-angle yard view, hand carts, caps, light work clothing, and sack handling may show mid-1940s manual labor practice at an industrial or warehouse site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in workers crossing the yard, pushing carts, and handling sacks without performing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include paved yard grids, workers in caps, hand carts, large white sacks, long structural shadows, and a high-angle view from above.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, slight jitter, and intermittent exposure variation that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, workday cutaway, transition, or memory beat for labor, reconstruction, or daily life sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually situates manual handling and movement through a work yard in the Netherlands, without identifying the specific facility or activity.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or brands are apparent, and copyright, location, and personal rights should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1940s Netherlands workers, 8mm industrial yard, men with hand carts, sacks at work site, and postwar labor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Netherlands 1946 material, then broader 1940s industrial labor, warehouse, and manual work footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

High-angle 1946 Netherlands 8mm frame showing workers, hand carts, and piles of white sacks in a paved yard. — Workers cross a paved yard while others handle sacks and carts.

High-angle Netherlands work-yard scene from 1946 with men near sacks, carts, and long shadows on pavement. — Men walk and stand around sacks and carts in the industrial yard.

1946 Netherlands 8mm frame with workers moving through a paved industrial yard and handling large white sacks. — Workers continue moving carts and sacks through the paved work area.

High-angle 1946 Netherlands work scene showing workers, carts, sacks, and strong shadows across the yard. — A high-angle view records workers, carts, and sacks near the end of the clip.

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