Netherlands-1946: Man on Rooftop Overlooking Dutch City

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationNetherlands
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Netherlands

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Man on Rooftop Overlooking Dutch City — Clip Details

A man in a black beret and beige jacket stands on a rooftop overlooking a Dutch cityscape in this 1946 8mm home movie. He strokes his chin thoughtfully, glancing around as if reacting to a conversation. The footage shows signs of age with film grain, slight color fading, and natural wear. The background reveals traditional Dutch buildings under a pale blue sky, capturing a quiet, candid moment from post-war Netherlands. This authentic vintage 8mm film offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century life.

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: 123140092

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: 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 documentary or museum requests needing post-war 1940s Netherlands home-movie footage with a candid adult figure against an urban rooftop view.
Period detail: The beret, light jacket, 8mm color stock, and Dutch rooftop city backdrop support a mid-1940s home-movie setting without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears relaxed and unstaged, looking around and touching his face as if responding to someone behind the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a black beret, beige jacket, rooftop edge, pale sky, distant Dutch-style buildings, city rooftops, and occasional film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and contact-print wear that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short character cutaway, rooftop travel insert, reflective memory beat, or transition within a post-war European sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places an adult man above a Dutch urban setting, offering a quiet personal view of everyday post-war travel or social life.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so copyright review should be separate from likeness, privacy, and location-identification considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s Netherlands 8mm home movie, man in beret on rooftop, Dutch city view, post-war travel footage, and candid archival cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Netherlands 1946 material, then broader 1940s European rooftop or travel home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1946 Netherlands home-movie footage, a man in a beret stands on a rooftop before a distant cityscape and pale sky. — A beret-wearing man stands on a rooftop with Dutch city buildings in the background.

The man faces the camera in a black beret and light jacket, with an open rooftop skyline behind him in the Netherlands footage. — The man looks toward the camera from the rooftop under a pale sky.

The beret-wearing man looks down in the 1946 Netherlands rooftop shot, with city rooftops low in the frame. — A candid moment shows the man looking down on the rooftop.

The man remains on the rooftop, partly crossed by a diagonal pole or line, with the Dutch city horizon faintly visible behind him. — The rooftop portrait continues as a diagonal line passes in front of the frame.

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