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Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: Man Uses Signal On Ship To An Airplane In The Sky

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

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Man Uses Signal On Ship To An Airplane In The Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this archival footage captures a wartime scene at Leyte Gulf, Philippines. The sequence opens with a small airplane flying across a cloudy sky, its silhouette visible against the overcast backdrop. The view then shifts to a large naval ship on the water, its structure faintly visible through the aged film grain. In the final frames, a shirtless man stands on a vessel, operating a large searchlight or signal device, with the ship's deck and distant fleet in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: grainy texture, faded colors, and natural film imperfections, offering a rare glimpse into Pacific Theater naval operations during World War II.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Black & white
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
123138120

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

  • ship
  • signal
  • old film
  • 1900s
  • black and white
  • man
  • airplane
  • sky
  • industrial
  • leyte gulf philippines
  • 1944
  • WWII naval footage
  • 1944 Philippines
  • Leyte Gulf battle
  • vintage 8mm film
  • wartime signal
  • man with searchlight
  • naval operations
  • Super 8 home movie
  • black and white archival
  • military history
  • wartime aviation
  • Pacific Theater
  • historical footage
  • 1940s military
  • old film grain
  • ship at sea
  • wartime signal device
  • vintage military footage
  • 8mm war footage
  • 1944 archival

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1940s Pacific wartime naval footage requests needing brief inserts of aircraft, ships, and deck signaling activity.
Period detail
The 8mm footage may show World War II-era naval activity, with a small aircraft silhouette, distant ships, and a deck-mounted signal or searchlight device.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has an observational shipboard viewpoint, catching a working crewman and nearby vessels without staged presentation.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include an aircraft in cloudy sky, distant naval vessels, open water, a shirtless man, a large signal light, rigging, and aged film borders.
Film character
The scan carries soft focus, faded color, heavy grain, gate edges, dust, and slight exposure variation consistent with original 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a wartime maritime insert, aircraft cutaway, deck-activity beat, or transition between fleet and shipboard scenes.
Historical context
Within the supplied Leyte Gulf, Philippines 1944 metadata, the visuals suggest naval operations observed from a vessel rather than formal combat coverage.
Research note
People and military subjects are visible, so likeness, military context, copyright, and location identification should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match
Likely matches searches for 1940s 8mm Leyte Gulf footage, World War II shipboard signal light, Pacific naval aircraft, and wartime fleet home movie.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Leyte Gulf 1944 shipboard footage, then broader Pacific Theater naval and aircraft scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small aircraft silhouette in cloudy sky, from 1944 Leyte Gulf 8mm footage per supplied metadata.
Aircraft silhouette against an overcast sky.
Aircraft silhouette crossing pale cloud cover in the supplied 1944 Leyte Gulf shipboard footage.
Plane passes across the cloudy sky.
Hazy vessel on open water, likely part of the Leyte Gulf naval scene identified in the supplied 1944 metadata.
A distant ship sits on the hazy waterline.
Shirtless man operates or stands by a large signal light on a vessel, with water and ships behind him in the 1944 Leyte Gulf metadata context.
Crewman beside a signal light with ships in the background.

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