Netherlands-1946: Lighthouse Guards And Protects The Deserted Beach On The Quiet

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationNetherlands
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Netherlands

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Lighthouse Guards And Protects The Deserted Beach On The... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a quiet, desolate Dutch coastline. The footage shows a wide, still body of water alongside a grassy, scrub-covered shore under an overcast sky. A tall, slender monument or lighthouse stands in the distance, viewed from across the water. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, faded color palette, and visible grain. The sequence includes a brief moment of film damage, highlighting its archival nature. This authentic 1940s home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse of a peaceful, isolated landscape.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123139867

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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 requests needing 1940s Dutch coastal home-movie footage as an establishing view, quiet landscape insert, or archival shoreline cutaway.
Period detail: The clip may show a postwar-era Dutch waterfront with open scrubland, low shoreline, and a distant tall beacon or monument filmed on 8mm in 1946.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a visitor-like viewpoint from across the water, observing the shoreline and distant tower without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, grassy shore, scrub-covered land, a low horizon, overcast sky, distant buildings or structures, and a tall slender tower.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, gate edges, grain, and light exposure variation give the short 8mm sequence a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, coastal transition, landmark cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a Netherlands or shoreline sequence.
Historical context: The footage presents a sparse coastal landscape and distant tower, offering visual context for waterfront leisure or travel filming without showing social activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any landmark or property concerns should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1946 Netherlands 8mm coastline, Dutch waterfront home movie, distant lighthouse or monument, quiet shore, and vintage coastal landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Netherlands 1946 footage, then broader 1940s coastal views, landmarks, or quiet water landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Netherlands 8mm frame showing calm water, a scrub-covered shore, and a low distant horizon viewed from across the water. — Calm water borders a low grassy shoreline in a quiet coastal view.

1946 Netherlands 8mm frame with a quiet waterfront, scrubby shore, distant tree line, and visible dark gate edge from the film scan. — A scrub-covered shore curves beside still water, with the film frame edge visible.

1946 Netherlands 8mm frame showing a distant tall tower or beacon rising above low scrubland across a calm body of water. — A tall distant tower stands beyond water and low coastal ground.

1946 Netherlands 8mm frame with a distant slender tower, low shoreline, calm water, and a muted blue sky in soft focus. — The distant tower remains centered across the water near the low shore.

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