United Kingdom-1952: Men On The Dock Watch A Boat Sail Past The Harbour

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

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Men On The Dock Watch A Boat Sail Past The Harbour — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a quiet coastal town in the United Kingdom. The footage opens on a calm harbor with boats docked along a stone quay, smoke rising from a distant building. The scene shifts to a street where a classic black-and-white British postal van is parked near red telephone boxes and traditional buildings. Men in period attire stand on the pavement, observing the surroundings. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic vignette of Super 8 footage, offering an authentic slice of mid-century British 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: 124605719

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

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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 United Kingdom coastal-life sequences needing harbour, quay, town-street, and dockside observation material from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: Visible period clues include dark masonry waterfront buildings, red telephone boxes, a black-and-cream vehicle, men in hats and coats, stone quay walls, and small harbour craft.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor-like position across the harbour and street, catching men standing, walking, and watching the dock area without staged action.
What appears in frame: The clip shows calm harbour water, moored boats, stone quays, waterfront buildings, red telephone boxes, a black-and-cream vehicle, ladders, and men on the dock.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, muted colour, gate edges, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, harbour transition, town cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a mid-century British coastal sequence.
Historical context: The footage presents everyday waterfront surroundings and public street life in a British coastal town, with transport, harbour work areas, and pedestrians sharing the quay.
Research note: People, faces, a vehicle, telephone boxes, and buildings are visible, so likeness, location, trademark, and property context may need separate review from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1952 8mm United Kingdom harbour footage, British coastal town quay, men on dock, red telephone boxes, vintage waterfront street, and home movie port scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 United Kingdom coastal material, then broader 1950s harbour, street, transport, and dockside life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 United Kingdom harbour view with calm water, boats at a stone quay, distant buildings, and smoke rising near the waterfront. — Harbour view with moored boats, quay walls, and town buildings in the distance.

1952 United Kingdom street beside the harbour with a black-and-cream vehicle, red telephone boxes, waterfront buildings, and visible people. — A period vehicle passes or waits near red telephone boxes and waterfront buildings.

Men in period clothing stand and walk on a United Kingdom dockside in 1952, with a vehicle and waterfront buildings behind them. — Men gather and walk along the dock in front of harbour buildings and a parked vehicle.

Stone quay wall and harbour street in the United Kingdom in 1952, with ladders, parked cars, waterfront buildings, and a man partly visible. — A harbour wall with ladders and nearby buildings frames a passing man at the dock edge.

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