Germany Military Base-1963: Soldier With Cigarette In Mouth Waving At Camera

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Year1963
Decade1960s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Soldier With Cigarette In Mouth Waving At Camera — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a soldier in a green military uniform and cap walking alongside a man in a dark suit and fedora. The soldier, with a cigarette in his mouth, smokes as he walks and then turns to wave at the camera. The grainy, slightly faded footage shows a simple outdoor setting, likely a military base in Germany, with a textured wall in the background. The scene evokes a candid moment of wartime nostalgia and everyday life during the Cold War era.

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: 124872111

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: 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: 1963 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: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage for edits needing a candid military-base moment with a uniformed soldier acknowledging the camera.
Period detail: The green uniform, cap, cigarette, dark suit, fedora, and 8mm color stock may show early 1960s military and civilian dress.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the casual, unstaged reaction as the soldier walks close to the camera and gives a brief wave while smoking.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a uniformed soldier, cigarette, military cap, dark-suited man in a fedora, paved ground, wall texture, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, faded color, handheld framing, and contact-print edge artifacts that preserve its home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for Cold War-era service life or candid base activity.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday interaction around a military setting, but the exact base, unit, and location are not confirmed by the visible frames.
Research note: People and military dress are visible, so likeness, uniform identification, and contextual use should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1963 8mm soldier waving, Germany military base home movie, uniformed man smoking, and Cold War-era service footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then any confirmed Germany or 1963 base footage, then broader military home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 8mm frame of a uniformed soldier walking near a dark-suited man in a fedora at an outdoor military setting. — A soldier in green uniform walks beside a man in a dark suit and fedora.

Uniformed soldier with a cigarette in his mouth looks toward the camera as a suited man in a fedora stands at the edge of frame. — The soldier turns toward the camera with a cigarette in his mouth.

Close 8mm frame of the soldier in green uniform and cap, cigarette in mouth, standing against a plain outdoor background. — The soldier pauses close to the camera while smoking.

The soldier in uniform raises his hand in a brief wave while a cigarette remains in his mouth, framed by visible 8mm film edges. — The soldier waves toward the camera at the end of the shot.

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