Netherlands-1946: The Full Refugees Boat Came To Shore Early This Morning

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationNetherlands
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Netherlands

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The Full Refugees Boat Came To Shore Early This Morning — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this archival footage captures a large naval vessel docked at a port in the Netherlands. The ship, likely a transport or warship, is viewed through a fence or barrier, with its deck and superstructure visible under bright daylight. The image quality reflects the era's home movie style, with soft focus, film grain, and slight color fading. The scene evokes post-war recovery and displacement, with the ship possibly carrying refugees or military personnel. The camera remains mostly static, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century maritime activity.

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: 123139838

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: Useful for 1940s editorial sequences needing postwar Netherlands port or naval transport atmosphere from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The large grey ship, dock wall, cranes, mastwork, and soft 8mm color may show a mid-1940s harbor scene consistent with the supplied 1946 Netherlands metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint from behind a barrier, holding on the ship rather than staging action or formal documentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a docked naval-looking vessel, concrete quay wall, mast, deck structures, cranes, waterline, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate weave, and contact-print framing give the footage a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short harbor cutaway, postwar travel insert, maritime transition, or memory beat around displacement and return.
Historical context: The scene visually supports a postwar port context, but the frames do not confirm passenger status, refugee movement, or the vessel's identity.
Research note: No recognizable faces, brands, or readable markings are visible, but ship identity, copyright status, and any military or port restrictions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researchers may find it with searches such as 1946 Netherlands harbor 8mm, postwar ship at quay, naval vessel docked, or refugees boat archive footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Netherlands 1946 harbor material, then broader postwar maritime or refugee-transport themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Netherlands 8mm frame showing a large docked ship behind a quay wall, with cranes, mastwork, and deck structures visible. — A large ship is seen across the quay, framed by dark film edges and harbor equipment.

A large ship at a Netherlands port is held in a soft 8mm view, partly obscured by dark vertical film or barrier edges. — The camera holds on the ship's upper deck and quay wall from a partly obstructed viewpoint.

Soft 8mm footage shows the rear section of a large docked ship in the Netherlands, with deck gear and a concrete harbor wall. — The frame shifts toward the vessel's rear section, keeping the quay wall and deck equipment in view.

Final 1946 Netherlands harbor frame showing a large ship alongside the quay, with crane fragments and dark foreground shapes at the edge. — The shot ends with the docked vessel still alongside the quay, partly framed by harbor structures.

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