Japan-1952: Tank Being Loaded onto Naval Ship 561

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Tank Being Loaded onto Naval Ship 561 — Clip Details

A man in a military uniform guides a navy tank onto a ship numbered 561 at a dock in Japan, 1952. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the moment as the tank is loaded through the ship's open bow ramp. The scene shows the ship's weathered hull, rust stains, and chain anchor, with the man directing operations from the dock. The footage has the warm color palette and grain of mid-century Super 8 film, offering a rare glimpse of Cold War-era naval logistics and transportation.

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: 125226854

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: Yes
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: 1952 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: Japan 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 1950s Japan-era documentary sequences needing archival home-movie footage of military dockside logistics and naval vehicle loading.
Period detail: The open bow ramp, hull number 561, uniformed guide, rust-streaked metal, and dockside water may show mid-century naval transport operations in Japan.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld viewpoint observes a uniformed man signaling beside the vessel, giving the moment an unstaged observer's feel rather than a formal newsreel setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a uniformed man, an open bow ramp, the ship hull numbered 561, dock edge, water, chain hardware, rust stains, and deck figures.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, dense shadows, warm color, visible grain, and slight handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, logistics cutaway, military transport transition, or visual beat between wider Japan occupation-era travel material.
Historical context: The clip visually documents dockside military movement, with a person guiding loading near a numbered naval landing vessel, but vessel identity needs research.
Research note: People and military markings are visible, so review likeness, military insignia or hull-number identification, and copyright separately before use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1952 Japan 8mm navy loading ship, tank landing ship 561 dock footage, and home movie military logistics at harbor.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Japan 1952 dock or naval scenes, then broader military transportation and harbor logistics footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Japan 1952 home-movie footage, a uniformed man stands at the dock by an open bow ramp on a weathered ship marked 561. — A uniformed guide signals near the open bow ramp of the numbered vessel.

A uniformed guide pauses near the dark bow opening of a naval landing vessel marked 561, with water and dock visible nearby. — The guide stands at the ramp threshold beside the hull number 561.

A uniformed man at the dock faces the open ramp of the numbered vessel, with a chain fitting and rust-stained hull panels visible. — The guide faces the landing vessel's open bow ramp during dockside loading.

The vessel marked 561 fills the frame as a uniformed guide stands below the open bow, with deck figures and equipment visible above. — Deck figures appear above the open bow while the guide remains below.

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