Ireland-1949: A Busy Docks Filled With Fishing Nets

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationIreland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 Ireland

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A Busy Docks Filled With Fishing Nets — Clip Details

IRELAND-1949: A bustling 8mm home movie captures a vibrant fishing harbor, with numerous sailboats and fishing vessels moored along the docks. Traditional Dutch-style buildings with gabled roofs line the waterfront, while people walk the stone quay, engaged in daily activities. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural sunlight and a slightly faded color palette characteristic of the era, with visible film grain and a subtle camera pan across the scene. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century coastal life in Ireland.

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: 125783030

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s 8mm harbor footage for documentary or museum sequences needing everyday coastal work, quayside activity, and moored fishing boats.
Period detail: The gabled waterfront buildings, wooden masts, stone quay, and small fishing craft may show a mid-century European harbor setting consistent with the supplied 1949 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera watches from among boats and rigging as people move along the quay, giving the scene an unstaged visitor or family-travel viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include moored sailboats, tall masts, fishing nets or lines, a stone quay, waterfront buildings, a small crowd, railings, and bright daylight.
Film character: The 8mm color scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief cutaway, harbor establishing insert, transition between travel scenes, or memory beat for coastal working life.
Historical context: The clip documents public dockside activity and small-boat harbor infrastructure without establishing specific named landmarks or events.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from rights in people or property.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s 8mm fishing harbor, Ireland dock home movie, moored boats on quay, and mid-century coastal travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Ireland 1949 harbor material, then with broader fishing docks, boats, and coastal town footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 Ireland home-movie frame showing moored boats, rigging, people on a quay, and gabled waterfront buildings. — Boats and rigging frame a busy quay with people and harbor buildings beyond.

1949 Ireland harbor view with sailboat masts in the foreground, people on the quay, and gabled buildings along the waterfront. — Masts and moored craft stand in front of a small waterfront street scene.

1949 Ireland 8mm frame from among moored boats, with rigging, a quay, distant people, and waterfront buildings visible. — Foreground rigging and boats partially obscure the quayside buildings and pedestrians.

1949 Ireland harbor frame with clustered masts, boats, rigging, a quay, and people near gabled waterfront buildings. — Clustered masts and boats create a busy foreground along the harbor quay.

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