Ireland-1949: Four Men In Black Robes At A Harbor Dock

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationIreland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 Ireland

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Four Men In Black Robes At A Harbor Dock — Clip Details

IRELAND-1949: Four men in black clerical robes and caps walk and sit together at a quiet harbor. The vintage 8mm film captures them on a dock beside fishing boats, with nets and water in the background. The footage shows natural movement and conversation, with a soft, grainy texture and faded color typical of mid-century home movies. The scene evokes a sense of daily life and community in a coastal Irish town during the late 1940s.

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: 125782909

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 1003 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1949
Reel-level location note: Ireland,France
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: Ireland 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 1940s Ireland documentary edits needing brief harbor life footage with clerical figures in an unstaged coastal setting.
Period detail: The caps, dark robes, moored boats, dockside nets, and soft color 8mm look support a late-1940s harbor scene in Ireland.
Home-movie behavior: The men walk, sit, and appear to converse naturally, giving the clip the observed feel of a private travel or community home movie.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include four men in dark robes and caps, a harbor dock, moored boats, rigging, fishing nets, water, benches, and parked cars beyond the quay.
Film character: The scan shows faded color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld framing consistent with original 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for Irish coastal life, clergy, or postwar community atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday social presence at a working harbor, with clerical clothing visible but no specific order, event, or town identifiable from the frames.
Research note: Faces and religious dress are visible, so likeness and contextual sensitivities should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Researchers may find this under 1940s Ireland 8mm harbor footage, Irish dock clergy home movie, or men in robes by fishing boats.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with 1949 Ireland harbor footage, then with coastal town, clergy, or dockside community scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1949 Ireland, two clerically dressed men walk on a dock near moored boats, nets, and harbor water. — Two robed men walk past fishing boats and dockside gear.

Two men in dark clerical robes and caps walk along an Irish harbor dock with boats and rigging in the background. — The pair moves along the quay beside moored boats.

Four men in dark robes and caps sit together at an Irish harbor, with boats, parked cars, and quay buildings behind them. — Four men sit together at the harbor with boats and cars beyond.

Four clerically dressed men sit at a quiet Irish harbor in 1949, framed by boats, water, parked cars, and dockside rigging. — The group remains seated beside the harbor water and moored boats.

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