Aden Yemen-1946: Cliffs Along the Coast at Aden

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationAden, Yemen
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Aden Yemen

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Cliffs Along the Coast at Aden — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a scenic view of rugged cliffs along the coast of Aden, Yemen. The footage, framed by dark borders suggesting a window or viewfinder, shows a calm ocean stretching toward a distant, rocky shoreline under a cloudy sky. The image has a soft, slightly faded quality with visible film grain and scratches, characteristic of mid-century amateur footage. A bird briefly flies across the frame, adding subtle motion to the tranquil landscape. This archival clip evokes a sense of historical travel and quiet observation from the post-war era.

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: 124754001

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: Aden, Yemen 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 1940s archival requests needing a brief coastal landscape insert from home-movie travel footage for documentary, museum, or educational context.
Period detail: The 8mm color image, soft exposure, dark frame borders, and distant shoreline may show a mid-1940s amateur travel view, with no visible modern structures or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot observation from a fixed vantage point, lingering on the coastline rather than staging people or action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open water, distant rocky cliffs, pale shoreline, clouded sky, dark film-frame borders, soft focus, and occasional small birds or marks in the sky.
Film character: The footage has a faded 8mm color palette, visible grain, light scratches, soft focus, and slight instability that give it physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing cutaway, travel-memory beat, coastline transition, or pause between more specific Aden or maritime scenes.
Historical context: The view documents a coastal landscape associated by metadata with Aden, Yemen, but the frames themselves do not identify a landmark or specific shoreline feature.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but location identification and any underlying copyright status should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Researchers might find this through searches for 1940s 8mm Aden coast footage, Yemen shoreline home movie, vintage ocean cliffs, or postwar travel landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Aden or Yemen footage from 1946, then broader 1940s coastal travel and ocean landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 8mm home-movie view of a distant Aden coastal cliffline across blue water, seen through dark frame borders. — Distant rocky shoreline across calm water beneath clouds.

A soft 8mm view of the Aden coastline, showing rocky cliffs beyond calm water beneath a pale, clouded sky. — Rocky coastal cliffs seen from across the water.

1946 home-movie frame of a low rocky shoreline near Aden, with open water in the foreground and clouds overhead. — Low coastline and cliffs across open water.

A distant Aden coastal view on 8mm film, with calm water, rocky shoreline, clouds, and small dark birds or film marks in the sky. — Clouds, water, and distant rocky coast with small dark shapes in the sky.

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