Aden Yemen-1946: A Mountainous And Sandy Shore Filmed From Across A Body Of Water

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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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A Mountainous And Sandy Shore Filmed From Across A Body... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this archival footage captures a distant mountainous shoreline from across a calm body of water, likely viewed from a boat. The scene features rugged, arid hills under a pale sky with scattered clouds, with a sandy beach visible along the coast. The image shows natural film grain, slight blurriness, and vertical scratches typical of vintage home movie footage. The dark frame borders suggest viewing through a window or projector. This authentic 1940s travel memory offers a nostalgic glimpse of the Aden, Yemen coastline, ideal for historical documentaries, retro travel content, or vintage nature montages.

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: 124754051

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: Useful for 1940s travel, maritime, or colonial-era documentary edits needing a brief distant shoreline view from archival home-movie footage.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1940s coastal view, with no vehicles, buildings, signage, or landmarks visible to confirm a more specific date or place.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, likely filmed from across water as a quiet travel observation rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm blue water, a sandy shoreline, rugged arid hills, pale sky, scattered clouds, dark frame borders, and film surface marks.
Film character: The scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and scratches consistent with small-gauge mid-century home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a geographic establishing insert, sea-journey transition, coastal cutaway, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The view suggests an arid coastal landscape seen from offshore, but the frames do not show people, settlement, or activity to support broader claims.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but location identification and copyright status should be checked against the source reel and license terms.
Research search match: Search phrases might include 1940s 8mm coastal mountains, archival home movie shoreline from water, Aden Yemen labeled shore, and vintage sea travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Aden/Yemen-labeled 1946 material, then broader 1940s maritime or arid-coast footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Aden/Yemen-labeled 1940s 8mm frame showing a distant mountainous shoreline across calm water, with dark film borders. — Distant mountainous shore viewed from across a body of water.

Aden/Yemen-labeled 1940s home-movie view of rugged hills and a pale beach line across the water. — Rugged coastal hills and sandy shoreline beyond blue water.

Soft 8mm frame of a distant sandy shoreline and arid hills, consistent with the Aden/Yemen-labeled clip metadata. — Soft view of arid coastal mountains above a sandy shore.

Final frame shows a hazy mountainous coast across the water, with visible grain and dark small-gauge film borders. — Hazy mountainous shoreline across calm water.

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