Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: U.S. Soldier Climbing Aboard Naval Vessel

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Year1944
Decade1940s
LocationLeyte Gulf, Philippines
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1944 Philippines

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U.S. Soldier Climbing Aboard Naval Vessel — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this archival footage captures a U.S. soldier in a helmet and uniform climbing aboard a naval vessel during the Leyte Gulf campaign. The grainy, monochrome images show the man maneuvering over the ship's rail, with rigging and deck equipment visible against the open ocean. The footage has a raw, unfiltered quality typical of wartime home movies, offering a rare glimpse of military life at sea during World War II. The scene conveys the physical effort and routine of naval operations in the Pacific theater.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123138071

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1944 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: Leyte Gulf, Philippines 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

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 World War II Pacific theater edits needing brief, real 8mm naval boarding activity with a visible U.S. serviceman at sea.
Period detail: The helmet, uniform, ship rigging, open water, and monochrome 8mm texture support a 1944 wartime naval setting in Leyte Gulf as supplied by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged physical action of a serviceman climbing over ship structure, seen from a close, handheld home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a helmeted soldier, ship rail or hull edge, rigging lines, pulleys, angled davits or spars, deck hardware, and open ocean.
Film character: The clip has soft monochrome contrast, visible grain, slight blur, and handheld framing consistent with scanned wartime 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, cutaway, or transition showing shipboard movement and routine military labor during a naval sequence.
Historical context: The frames show a serviceman boarding or moving across a naval vessel at sea, offering visual context for military mobility without proving a specific operation on its own.
Research note: People and military activity are visible, so likeness, service identification, and copyright status should be reviewed separately from any location or event metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1944 Leyte Gulf 8mm footage, World War II Pacific naval home movie, U.S. soldier boarding ship, and wartime vessel deck rigging.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1944 Leyte Gulf material, then broader World War II naval and Pacific theater shipboard scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the supplied 1944 Leyte Gulf clip, a helmeted U.S. serviceman appears beside ship rigging and deck equipment with open water in the background. — A helmeted serviceman climbs near rigging on a naval vessel at sea.

A serviceman in helmet and uniform reaches across naval deck equipment, with rigging, pulleys, and ocean visible in the Leyte Gulf footage. — The serviceman maneuvers across ship equipment near rigging and pulleys.

The helmeted serviceman leans forward while climbing over ship structure, framed tightly among rigging and deck hardware in wartime 8mm footage. — A soldier leans into the climb over the vessel's side structure.

At the end of the clip, the serviceman steps higher over the naval vessel structure, surrounded by rigging, pulleys, and open sea. — The serviceman climbs higher over the vessel structure near suspended rigging.

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