Aden Yemen-1946: Sailboat On Calm Waters With Hilltop Settlement And Cross

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Year1946
Decade1940s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Sailboat On Calm Waters With Hilltop Settlement And Cross — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage footage captures a serene coastal view in Aden, Yemen. A small sailboat glides across calm blue waters, with a hilltop settlement and a prominent cross visible in the distance. The scene unfolds under a bright, sunny sky with scattered clouds, showcasing the historic architecture and natural landscape of the port city. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color fading, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 124753934

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: Not recorded Unidentified (Insufficient evidence for a responsible conclusion.)
Location evidence: No location is recorded for this clip.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s archival requests needing a brief coastal harbor view, especially as an establishing insert for travel, port-city, or home-movie sequences.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-1940s waterfront with small boats, low shoreline buildings, a hilltop structure, and a distant cross or mast-like vertical feature.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a visitor-shot view from across calm water, valuing the harbor skyline and passing sailboat more than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, a small white sailboat, distant shoreline buildings, low hills, a hilltop structure, scattered clouds, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, gentle color fading, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing shot, travel transition, harbor cutaway, or reflective memory beat between more specific Aden or maritime scenes.
Historical context: The scene presents a coastal settlement viewed from the water, offering visual context for harbor life and built landscape without confirming specific landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but landmark, property, and copyright status should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1940s 8mm harbor footage, Aden Yemen home movie, sailboat on calm water, coastal settlement, or hilltop cross view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with confirmed Aden or 1946 material, then with broader harbor, colonial-era travel, or sailboat footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s 8mm view of a small sailboat crossing calm water before a distant coastal settlement and low hills. — A sailboat moves across the harbor with hills and shoreline buildings beyond.

Soft 8mm frame showing a white sailboat on blue water, with low buildings and a hilltop feature in the distance. — The sailboat sits near the foreground of a distant waterfront view.

Visitor-shot harbor view with a small sailboat on calm water and a soft distant shoreline beneath scattered clouds. — A small sailboat crosses the harbor below a hazy hillside settlement.

8mm coastal scene with a sailboat in the foreground and distant shoreline buildings below a hilltop structure. — The shot holds on the sailboat and distant hilltop skyline across the water.

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