Netherlands-1946: Shipyard with Cranes and Gray Building in Netherlands

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationNetherlands
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Netherlands

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Shipyard with Cranes and Gray Building in Netherlands — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a Dutch shipyard under a clear, sunny sky. The scene shows damaged cranes and industrial structures along the waterfront, with a large gray building featuring a prominent tower in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, conveying a raw, historical atmosphere. This archival clip offers a glimpse into post-war industrial life in the Netherlands, with calm water in the foreground and a mix of intact and collapsed infrastructure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123140121

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 archival requests needing 1940s Dutch industrial waterfront footage, especially documentary inserts about postwar shipyards or harbor infrastructure.
Period detail: The frames may show a Dutch shipyard in 1946, with cranes, dockside structures, a towered gray building, and damaged-looking metal framework along the water.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective from across the water, observing the shipyard without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled water, dockside cranes, collapsed or angled metal framework, low industrial buildings, a towered gray structure, and pale clear sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, blue-shifted color, gate edges, light dust, mild exposure variation, and handheld instability typical of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, industrial cutaway, transition beat, or visual memory of a Dutch harbor setting.
Historical context: Within the supplied 1946 Netherlands context, the scene visually suggests waterfront industry and damaged or partially dismantled infrastructure without identifying a specific site.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible or indicated, but copyright status and any property or site permissions still require separate review.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1946 Netherlands shipyard footage, Dutch harbor cranes, 8mm postwar waterfront, damaged dock structures, and industrial home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Netherlands 1946 harbor material, then with broader shipyard or postwar industrial scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Netherlands 8mm view across water toward a shipyard with cranes, angled metal framework, low buildings, and a towered structure. — Across the water, cranes and damaged-looking framework line a Dutch shipyard.

1946 Netherlands waterfront view showing dock cranes, low industrial buildings, dark angled framework, and calm blue water in the foreground. — Dock cranes and industrial structures stand beyond the blue harbor water.

Soft 8mm frame of a Dutch shipyard in 1946, with harbor water, cranes, a towered gray building, and tilted metal framework. — A handheld view holds on cranes and a towered building at the shipyard.

Blurred 1946 Netherlands shipyard frame with rippled water, crane silhouettes, dock buildings, and dark metal framework under a bright sky. — The final frame softens as the camera looks across the harbor toward cranes and dock buildings.

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