Yokohama Japan-1954: The Army Port Sign

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationYokohama, Japan
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Yokohama Japan

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The Army Port Sign — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures the bold red letters of an Army Port sign on a building in Yokohama, Japan. The grainy, slightly blurred footage shows the sign letter by letter as the camera pans across the structure. The muted color palette and film grain evoke a strong sense of mid-century nostalgia, offering authentic archival footage of a military installation during the post-war era.

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: 125882453

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1954 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: Yokohama, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s editorial productions needing a brief visual insert of a U.S. Army port-related sign in Yokohama, Japan.
Period detail: The red block lettering on a plain building facade may show mid-century military port signage, supported by the 1954 Yokohama metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, with the camera panning close across the sign rather than staging a composed institutional view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include oversized red letters, pale exterior walls, dark windows, a roofline or ledge, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld movement typical of home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, location cue, transition beat, or archival insert in a sequence about postwar Yokohama or military logistics.
Historical context: The footage visually places English-language Army Port signage on a Yokohama building without showing personnel, vehicles, or operations.
Research note: Review for military signage and possible institutional marks; copyright, trademark, property, and location permissions may require separate assessment.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1954 Yokohama 8mm Army Port sign, postwar Japan military port footage, and vintage home movie Yokohama building sign.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1954 Yokohama material, then broader postwar Japan military or port-location footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Yokohama home-movie frame showing part of a red Army Port sign across a pale building facade. — The camera begins close on red Army lettering above a row of dark windows.

Soft 8mm frame from Yokohama showing cropped red Army Port lettering on a building exterior. — The pan continues across cropped red letters on the upper part of the building.

1954 Yokohama frame showing the word Port in red letters across a pale military port building sign. — The sign resolves into red Port lettering as the camera passes the facade.

Final 1954 Yokohama frame with red Army Port lettering cropped over a shadowed building facade. — The final frame holds on cropped Port lettering above the darker window band.

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