Netherlands-1946: Video Footage Of A Gigantic Iceberg In The Arctic Ocean

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationNetherlands
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Netherlands

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Video Footage Of A Gigantic Iceberg In The Arctic Ocean — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a distant view of a massive white iceberg floating in the Arctic Ocean. The footage, framed by dark borders suggesting a window or viewfinder, shows the iceberg under a muted, overcast sky. The water appears dark blue and textured with gentle waves. The image quality is grainy and slightly faded, with visible film dust and scratches, characteristic of archival Super 8 footage. The scene evokes a sense of remote exploration and historical observation from a mid-20th century perspective.

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: 123140050

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 documentary or educational edits needing archival home-movie views of a distant iceberg or ice-covered coastline from the water.
Period detail: The muted color, 8mm frame edges, dust, and steady sea-view composition support a mid-1940s home-movie travel or observation record.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the value of a traveler or passenger filming a remote seascape through a fixed opening or viewfinder rather than staging a scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark sea water, a pale horizontal ice mass or coastline, overcast sky, black frame borders, film dust, and light scratches.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, faded color, visible grain, gate shadows, dust marks, and slight frame instability typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cold-region cutaway, travel insert, atmospheric transition, or archival memory beat for sea passage and polar imagery.
Historical context: The view suggests mid-century amateur filming of an icy maritime landscape, but the frames do not identify a vessel, route, or exact Arctic location.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though copyright status and exact location identification should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm iceberg footage, vintage Arctic Ocean home movie, distant ice over sea, and archival cold-water seascape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with Netherlands or 1946 travel footage, then with broader iceberg, ocean, Arctic, or expedition-themed clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm frame showing a distant white iceberg or ice-covered shoreline beyond dark blue water, with heavy black borders and visible film dust. — Distant white ice line across open water under a muted sky.

Archival 8mm view of a long pale iceberg or ice edge on the horizon, seen across textured ocean water with a dark vertical border. — Horizontal ice formation seen from across dark, lightly rippled sea.

Faded 1946 8mm frame with a low white ice line or distant iceberg across the horizon and dark ocean filling the foreground. — Low ice line on the horizon with dark open water in front.

Final 8mm frame showing a distant pale iceberg or ice-covered coast across the water, bordered by dark film edges and light archival wear. — Distant pale ice edge across the sea near the end of the clip.

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