Leyte Gulf Philippines-1944: View Of Pair Of Objects Swimming Through Water On A

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

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View Of Pair Of Objects Swimming Through Water On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1944, this archival footage captures a wide view of Leyte Gulf, Philippines, under a cloudy sky. Two dark objects, likely military vessels, move across the water, leaving white wakes behind them. The distant shoreline is dotted with numerous ships, suggesting a naval fleet. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: grainy texture, faded blue color cast, and visible scratches, conveying a raw, historic wartime perspective.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123138131

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s documentary or museum edits needing brief wartime-era 8mm views of vessels moving across Leyte Gulf.
Period detail: The metadata places the scene in Leyte Gulf in 1944, while the frames show distant shipping, open water, cloudy sky, and small dark craft leaving wakes.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged observer's view, filmed from a distance as moving craft cross a busy body of water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open water, two dark moving craft, white wakes, a hazy shoreline, many distant ships, cloudy sky, and heavy film gate edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, blue-magenta fading, grain, scratches, frame jitter, and contact-print borders that preserve the physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, wartime maritime cutaway, transition, or atmospheric memory beat for naval activity.
Historical context: The footage may show naval movement in a crowded gulf setting, but the exact vessel types and operation should be verified before specific claims.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though copyright status and any military or archival source context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1944 Leyte Gulf 8mm footage, wartime naval vessels, Philippines harbor fleet, and home movie ship wakes.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1944 Leyte Gulf footage, then broader 1940s wartime maritime or naval scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1944 Leyte Gulf view showing two dark craft crossing choppy water, with many distant ships under a cloudy sky. — Two craft leave bright wakes across Leyte Gulf, with a distant fleet on the horizon.

Distant Leyte Gulf scene with two small dark craft moving across the water and a crowded ship line beyond. — Small craft cross the water in front of a hazy line of distant ships.

Leyte Gulf water view with two moving craft, long wakes, a hazy shore, and numerous distant ships in soft 8mm color. — Two moving craft leave long wakes beneath a cloudy wartime gulf horizon.

Final Leyte Gulf frame with a dark craft and bright wake at lower right, distant vessels, cloudy sky, and visible film wear. — A craft exits the frame with a bright wake as distant ships remain on the horizon.

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