Ireland-1949: Sailing Boats Docked in Harbor Waiting for Passengers

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationIreland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1949 Ireland

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Sailing Boats Docked in Harbor Waiting for Passengers — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1949, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil harbor scene in Ireland. The camera slowly pans across a fleet of traditional sailing boats docked at a quiet pier, their tall masts and rigging silhouetted against a pale sky. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows calm water and distant land, evoking a sense of peaceful anticipation. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of mid-century home movies, offering authentic archival footage of maritime life in post-war 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: 125783040

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: Useful for 1940s Ireland maritime requests needing quiet harbor atmosphere, docked sailing boats, or postwar travel cutaways from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The 8mm color look, wooden sailing boats, tall masts, rigging, and simple harbor setting may show mid-century coastal leisure or passenger travel.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, observing boats from the pier or waterfront rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include clustered sailboat masts, rigging lines, calm harbor water, low distant shoreline, pale sky, dark film-frame edges, and small people aboard or near boats.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, gate framing, light grain, and slight handheld movement give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a maritime insert, travel transition, harbor establishing beat, or quiet memory cutaway within an Ireland or sailing sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a small harbor environment where sailing boats appear moored and waiting, with distant figures suggesting ordinary waterfront activity.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are evident, and copyright clearance remains separate from any person or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1949 Ireland harbor home movie, 8mm sailing boats at dock, vintage Irish waterfront, and postwar coastal travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Ireland 1949 clips, then broader 1940s harbor, sailing, passenger travel, or coastal-town footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 Ireland 8mm frame showing docked sailing boats, tall masts, pale sky, and dark gate edges around the harbor view. — Docked sailing boats and rigging fill the harbor view.

1949 Ireland harbor frame with clustered docked boats, dense rigging, small distant figures, water, and a low shoreline beyond. — Clustered boats and figures appear along the harbor dock.

1949 Ireland 8mm view of moored sailing boats, rigging, calm water, and distant people near a quiet harbor dock. — Moored sailing boats sit close together along the waterfront.

1949 Ireland harbor frame showing docked sailing boats and rigging in soft 8mm color, with calm water and land in the distance. — The pan settles on sailboats at rest in the harbor.

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