United Kingdom-1952: Passengers on Ship with Mountain Coastline

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationUnited Kingdom
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1952 United Kingdom

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Passengers on Ship with Mountain Coastline — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures passengers aboard a ship during a journey from the United Kingdom. A woman in a headscarf and glasses gazes out at the open sea, with a distant mountainous coastline visible. The deck is bustling with travelers carrying luggage, dressed in period attire, near the ship's prominent orange smokestack. The footage shows natural film grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century travel.

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: 124605648

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: 1952 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: United Kingdom 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 1950s archival requests about sea travel, passenger ships, emigration journeys, or mid-century holiday and transit scenes from the United Kingdom.
Period detail: Period clues include headscarves, overcoats, deck luggage, and a ship setting that may show mid-century passenger travel customs.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged traveler perspective, watching passengers wait on deck while one woman looks out toward the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include passengers, luggage, open water, a distant mountainous coastline, ship railings, deck structures, and an orange smokestack.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of a home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel insert, shipboard cutaway, departure transition, or memory beat in a mid-century journey sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows ordinary passengers gathered on a ship deck, suggesting civilian travel rather than a staged transport scene.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, but copyright and permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 8mm ship passengers, United Kingdom home movie sea voyage, mid-century deck travel, and mountain coastline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with United Kingdom 1952 travel scenes, then with broader passenger ship or coastal voyage footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 8mm frame of a woman in glasses and headscarf near a ship window, with open sea and a distant mountainous coastline visible. — A woman looks out from the ship as water and a distant coastline pass beyond the window.

1952 8mm frame showing passengers in coats and headscarves gathered on a ship deck near a large orange smokestack. — Passengers gather on deck near the ship's orange smokestack and deck structures.

1952 8mm frame of passengers and luggage on a ship deck, with the orange smokestack dominating the right side. — Travelers and luggage are visible on the deck beside the ship's smokestack.

1952 8mm frame focused on the ship's orange and dark smokestack with rigging lines crossing a pale sky. — The camera frames the ship's smokestack and rigging at the end of the brief deck sequence.

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