Netherlands-1946: An Old Barge Sailing Into a Harbor

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationNetherlands
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Netherlands

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An Old Barge Sailing Into a Harbor — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a large commercial barge sailing through a calm harbor. The vessel, with its dark hull and red superstructure, moves steadily across the water, leaving a gentle wake. In the background, an industrial oil derrick rises against the horizon, suggesting a coastal industrial zone. The footage is viewed from another boat, with the dark silhouette of a deck structure visible in the foreground. The image shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and a soft focus typical of 1940s home movies, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel.

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: 123139881

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: Useful for 1940s Netherlands maritime or industrial-harbor requests needing real 8mm home-movie footage of commercial water traffic.
Period detail: The barge form, muted color stock, harbor structures, and distant industrial derrick support a mid-1940s coastal-industrial setting without identifying a specific port.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passenger viewpoint from another vessel, with the foreground deck edge and silhouettes showing the camera operator filming in transit.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark-hulled barge, red superstructure, calm harbor water, wake, distant shoreline, industrial derrick, and silhouetted boat fittings.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, mild fading, and uneven exposure give the short 8mm shot a physical home-movie texture from the 1940s.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, harbor transition, industrial cutaway, or brief memory beat in a postwar Netherlands sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows everyday commercial movement through a harbor landscape where working vessels and industrial structures share the waterfront.
Research note: People appear only as small silhouettes, but likeness and location review may still be needed; copyright, likeness, and property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1946 Netherlands 8mm harbor footage, vintage barge home movie, postwar commercial boat, and industrial waterfront cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Netherlands 1946 harbor material, then broader vintage European maritime or industrial-waterfront footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Netherlands 8mm frame of a dark barge moving through harbor water, with a distant derrick and silhouetted foreground deck structure. — A dark-hulled barge advances through calm harbor water, seen from another vessel.

1946 Netherlands harbor view showing a commercial barge under way, distant waterfront structures, and a dark boat edge in the foreground. — The vessel continues past the camera, leaving a pale wake in the harbor.

Soft 8mm frame from 1946 Netherlands showing a barge moving across a harbor, framed by dark boat fittings in the foreground. — A large barge moves steadily across the harbor while the camera looks on from another boat.

1946 Netherlands 8mm harbor frame with a dark commercial barge, red upper structure, wake, and silhouetted foreground vessel detail. — The barge passes through the frame against a low industrial harbor background.

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