United States-1946: Man Operating a Flashing Signal Lamp on a Ship

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1946 · United States & Houston Ship Channel · Reel cef1e2b1 contains 13 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

Maritime communication
Shipboard work
Equipment operation
Ocean travel
Visual signaling
Home movie observation

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld · Approximately eye level, facing the operator and lamp across the deck
Setting: outdoor · Ship's deck with open sea beyond
Time and weather: daytime · Undetermined · Bright conditions with a pale, hazy sky
Lighting: Natural daylight with a shadowed foreground and intermittent amber lamp light
People: 1 · One apparent adult man with dark hair and a light short-sleeved shirt, standing behind the lamp with his face shadowed and partly obscured.
Vehicles: Ship, visible through deck equipment and railing
Objects: Circular signal lamp · Horizontal lamp slats · Lamp mounting bracket · Hanging cables · Covered deck fixture · Deck railing
Colors: deep blue · pale gray · black · amber
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The circular lamp glows in front of the man against open water.
The lamp face appears dark while the operator remains behind it.
Another bright flash illuminates the horizontal slats.
The lamp flashes again within the same steady deck view.
The shot ends with the lamp dark and the man still at the equipment.

Man Operating a Flashing Signal Lamp on a Ship — Clip Details

In the United States, 1946 home movie footage shows a man standing behind a large circular signal lamp on a ship's deck, with open water and a level horizon behind him. The lamp repeatedly changes from dark to bright amber as he holds his hands beside its housing. A smaller covered fixture stands to his right above the railing. One continuous, largely fixed view records the operation, with slight framing drift and visible film dust and scratches.

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: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003219

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1946 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: United States 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: This 1946 color home movie supports documentary and museum requests for shipboard signaling equipment shown in operation.
Period detail: The large shuttered lamp, exposed mounting and operator's short-sleeved clothing provide visible detail of deck equipment and dress during the documented 1946 voyage.
Home-movie behavior: The camera stays with a practical task as the man attends to the lamp, preserving an informal observer's view of deck activity.
What appears in frame: A man stands behind a circular slatted lamp beside a covered fixture, hanging cables and a railing, with blue water and a pale sky beyond.
Film character: Soft focus, saturated blue water, shadowed foreground detail, grain, dust and vertical scratches give the projected-film capture its archival texture.
Edit role: Use the repeated flashes as an operational insert or cutaway between wider vessel views and other shipboard activity.
Historical context: The visible bright and dark lamp states document shipboard visual signaling, although no particular message or code can be established from these samples.
Research note: Copyright licensing is separate from likeness and vessel-property permissions; a person and ship equipment are visible, with no readable branding or clearly identifiable face.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for 1946 maritime home movies, flashing ship signal lamps and small-gauge color footage of deck equipment.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's March 1946 itinerary, George M. Bibb bow and shipboard cameraman, then with other 1946 voyage material and maritime signaling scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 shipboard scene, cataloged in the United States: an amber signal lamp partly obscures its operator against blue water. — The signal lamp glows through horizontal slats while the operator stands behind its housing.
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A man operates an illuminated deck signal lamp in 1946 footage cataloged in the United States, with a level sea horizon behind him. — The operator's hands sit beside the illuminated lamp housing; a covered deck fixture stands to the right.
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An illuminated slatted lamp and shadowed operator appear against open sea in 1946 maritime footage cataloged in the United States. — The bright lamp dominates the foreground beneath a broad pale sky.
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A later view of the glowing shipboard lamp and its operator during the 1946 voyage, cataloged in the United States with no visible geographic marker. — The same deck composition continues late in the shot, with the lamp bright and the operator partly concealed.
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