Japan-1952: Two Army Officers Talk At Camp In Mountainous Setting

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationJapan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Two Army Officers Talk At Camp In Mountainous Setting — Clip Details

JAPAN-1952: Two U.S. Army officers in olive drab uniforms stand at an outdoor military camp, engaged in conversation. The man in the foreground, a senior officer with a balding head, smiles and speaks, while his companion in a campaign hat listens. Their uniforms feature distinctive shoulder patches, and behind them, canvas tents and sandbags are visible against a backdrop of distant mountains. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural sunlight and the characteristic grain and slight color fading of vintage home movie footage from the early 1950s.

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: 125227348

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

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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

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 1950s Japan-based U.S. military camp footage in documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing informal officer interaction.
Period detail: The olive drab uniforms, canvas tents, sandbags, and 8mm color stock support an early 1950s military-camp setting in Japan as described by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal, apparently unstaged exchange as two officers smile and talk while the camera observes from close range.
What appears in frame: Visible details include two uniformed men, shoulder patches, a campaign-style cap, canvas tents, sandbags, utility poles, open ground, and distant mountains.
Film character: The clip has warm color fading, visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, and uneven exposure typical of scanned mid-century 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, character cutaway, military-camp establishing detail, or reflective memory beat within a postwar Japan sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows U.S. Army personnel in an outdoor camp environment, offering visual context for everyday military presence without identifying a specific unit or operation.
Research note: Faces and military uniforms are visible, so likeness, editorial context, and any unit-identification concerns should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s U.S. Army in Japan 8mm footage, officers talking at military camp, canvas tent army camp mountains, and postwar Japan home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other 1952 Japan footage, then broader U.S. Army camp, uniforms, tents, and mountain-setting material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two U.S. Army officers in 1952 Japan stand close to the camera at an outdoor camp with tents and mountains behind them. — Two officers talk near canvas tents at a mountain camp.

Smiling officers stand in profile at the camp.

Two U.S. Army officers at the Japan camp turn left as the handheld 8mm camera frames tents, sandbags, and mountain scenery. — The officers look left beside the tent line.

The final frame shifts away from the officers to vegetation and hazy mountains near the camp setting in Japan. — The camera drifts to vegetation and distant mountains.

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