England-1949: Blue Car Offloaded from Barge by Crane

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationEngland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Blue Car Offloaded from Barge by Crane — Clip Details

A vintage 1949 8mm home movie clip from England shows a classic blue station wagon being offloaded from a barge onto a large ship. The car is lifted by a crane, its chrome details and rounded bodywork reflecting the sunlight. The scene unfolds at a busy harbor, with the ship's dark hull and rigging visible against a bright sky. The footage captures the industrial process of shipping vehicles, with the car suspended mid-air before being secured on the vessel. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film adds authentic nostalgia to this historical moment of transport and logistics.

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: 125781244

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1002 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1949
Reel-level location note: England
Date: 1949 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: England Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for productions seeking late-1940s England harbor footage showing vehicle loading, crane handling, maritime transport, or postwar-era industrial logistics in color 8mm home-movie form.
Period detail: The rounded blue estate car, ship rigging, crane gear, and color 8mm look support the 1949 England metadata while visible details should be treated as general late-1940s transport cues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an observer filming a real dockside operation as the car hangs beside the ship, with small figures on deck and no staged action apparent.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue station wagon suspended by a crane, a dark ship hull, deck railings, rigging lines, harbor water, a tug or small workboat, and small people on deck.
Film character: The scan shows soft focus, high contrast, mild color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of original 8mm home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or cutaway for shipping, export, car transport, harbor labor, or mid-century travel and logistics sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually places a private car within a maritime loading process, showing how vehicles could be moved by crane between dockside craft and a larger vessel.
Research note: Small people are visible on the ship, so likeness review may be needed; no readable logos or brands are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property assessment.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1949 England 8mm harbor footage, vintage car lifted by crane, vehicle loaded onto ship, dockside shipping home movie, and postwar maritime transport.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with England 1949 harbor or shipboard scenes, and then with broader car shipping, crane loading, or dock labor material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1949 England footage, a blue estate car hangs from crane gear beside a large ship with rigging and deck figures visible. — A blue station wagon is lifted alongside the ship's dark hull.

The blue car remains suspended near the ship's railing, with crane lines above and small people on deck in the harbor scene. — The car is held level by crane lines near the ship's deck.

A blue station wagon is seen closer to the ship's side, suspended by rigging during a dockside loading operation in England. — The crane moves the car alongside the vessel during loading.

The suspended car moves partly out of frame near the ship bow, with harbor water, rigging lines, and a small workboat visible below. — The car drifts toward the edge of frame as the ship bow and harbor appear.

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