Netherlands-1946: Men Aboard The George M Bibb Coast Guard Ship Operate Machine Gun

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationNetherlands
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Netherlands

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Men Aboard The George M Bibb Coast Guard Ship Operate... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a sailor aboard the George M. Bibb Coast Guard ship. The man, wearing a dark cap and light-colored uniform, operates a mounted machine gun against a backdrop of deep blue ocean and clear sky. The footage shows him adjusting the weapon, with the ship's rail and nameplate clearly visible. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a strong sense of mid-20th century maritime history and wartime duty.

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: 123139907

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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1940s maritime, Coast Guard, and postwar shipboard-duty sequences needing authentic home-movie footage of sailors at sea.
Period detail: The ship nameplate, naval-style uniforms, mounted gun, and 8mm color stock support a mid-1940s maritime setting, with the Netherlands location supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an informal observer's view of men handling a mounted weapon on deck, including one sailor filming or aiming a camera toward the shooter.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open sea, ship railings, deck rigging, a mounted machine gun, uniformed men, a dark cap, and the George M. Bibb nameplate.
Film character: The clip shows saturated blue water, soft focus, gate edges, grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, maritime insert, military-duty detail, or transition between broader ship and ocean sequences.
Historical context: The frames show shipboard activity at sea, suggesting routine vessel duty and maritime observation without confirming a specific mission or event.
Research note: Faces and the vessel name are visible, so copyright, likeness, institutional, and ship-identification review may still be needed before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm Coast Guard ship footage, George M. Bibb deck scene, sailor operating mounted gun, and postwar maritime home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Netherlands 1946 maritime material, then broader Coast Guard, shipboard duty, and ocean travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 home-movie frame showing a sailor aboard ship adjusting a mounted gun against a blue ocean horizon. — A uniformed man works at a mounted gun on deck with the sea filling the background.

Sailor aboard the George M. Bibb appears to operate or adjust a mounted gun at sea in 1946 footage. — The sailor remains positioned at the mounted weapon as the ship moves through open water.

A man on the George M. Bibb deck raises a camera or optical device, with rigging, railings, and sea visible behind him. — A man with a camera stands near the George M. Bibb nameplate on the ship's deck.

1946 shipboard frame showing a man filming or looking through a camera beside the George M. Bibb rail sign and ocean horizon. — The George M. Bibb nameplate is visible as a man aims a camera from the deck.

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