Aden Yemen-1946: Mountains And A Lake With Small Boats In The Distance

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Year1946
Decade1940s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Mountains And A Lake With Small Boats In The Distance — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this archival footage captures a serene coastal landscape in Aden, Yemen. Rolling mountains rise dramatically behind a calm body of water, with small boats dotting the surface in the distance. The scene is framed by the characteristic black borders of a home movie, showing natural film grain and slight color fading typical of mid-century amateur footage. The sky is partly cloudy, casting soft light over the rugged terrain and waterfront structures. This vintage 8mm home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century life in the region, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124753979

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s 8mm coastal landscape footage for productions needing an establishing view of mountains, waterfront, and distant small boats in archival Aden/Yemen-related material.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-1940s amateur travel footage, with coastal structures, small boats, and rugged hills visible but no readable signs, vehicles, or landmarks for independent confirmation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, holding on the harbor landscape from a distance without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rugged mountains, a calm blue water surface, scattered small boats, low waterfront buildings, cloudy sky, and black 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet frame edges characteristic of original small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, geographic transition, waterfront cutaway, or reflective memory beat in a historical sequence.
Historical context: The view gives visual context for a mountainous coastal settlement and harbor environment, while specific site identity should be verified against reel notes or other records.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or readable marks are visible, but copyright status, filming permissions, and precise location identification still require separate review.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1940s 8mm Aden harbor, Yemen coastal mountains home movie, vintage waterfront boats, and archival mountain harbor landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with verified Aden or Yemen footage from 1946, then with broader 1940s coastal travel and harbor landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s 8mm view associated with Aden, Yemen, showing rugged mountains beyond a calm waterfront with tiny boats in the distance. — Rugged mountains rise behind a calm waterfront with small distant boats.

Soft 8mm frame of a mountainous coastal harbor, with scattered small boats and low buildings along the waterline. — A mountainous harbor scene with scattered small boats and low shoreline structures.

Archival 8mm frame showing a steep mountain slope above blue water, with low structures and small boats near the shore. — A steep mountain slope overlooks blue water and a low shoreline.

Final 8mm frame of the coastal mountain view, showing blue water, tiny boats, and a rugged shoreline in soft focus. — Tiny boats sit on blue water below a rugged mountainous shoreline.

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